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US Plant Patent PP17499

Maestro

Alstroemeria plant named ‘Maestro’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 8, 2025. This patent earned 18 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17499, the photograph of Maestro printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17499, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP17499
Filed
July 8, 2005
Granted
March 13, 2007
Expires
July 26, 2025
Inventor
GOEMANS FRANK

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Maestro’, characterized by its upright and strong flowering stems; durable and long-lasting leaves; freely flowering habit; large umbels with large red purple-colored flowers; and good postproduction longevity.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Maestro’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17499 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.