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US Plant Patent PP17953

Pandora

Alstroemeria plant named ‘Pandora’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 12, 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 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17953, the photograph of Pandora printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17953, 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
PP17953
Filed
July 8, 2005
Granted
August 28, 2007
Expires
July 12, 2025
Inventor
WUELFINGHOFF HERMANN JOSEPH PA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named Pandora, characterized by its upright and strong flowering stems; durable and long-lasting leaves; freely flowering habit; red purple and yellow-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 Pandora, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17953 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.