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US Plant Patent PP14311

Sophie

Alstroemeria plant named ‘Sophie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 15, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14311, the photograph of Sophie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14311, 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
PP14311
Filed
March 15, 2002
Granted
November 18, 2003
Expires
March 15, 2022
Inventor
GOEMANS ROBERT ADRIAN

Abstract

A new and distinct Alstroemeria plant named ‘Sophie’ characterized as suitable for pot size larger than 7 cm; growth height 10-30 cm under greenhouse conditions; bushy-dwarf growth habit; pale purple flowers with a yellow base, black stripes on at least 1 to 2 tepals; and 3 weeks inflorescence longevity on the plant, 2 weeks as a cut flower.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Sophie’, as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14311 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.