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US Plant Patent PP15987

Zaprinous

Alstroemeria plant named ‘Zaprinous’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 16, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 20, 2024. This patent earned 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15987, the photograph of Zaprinous printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15987, 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
PP15987
Filed
September 20, 2004
Granted
September 20, 2005
Expires
October 16, 2024
Inventor
HOOGENDOORN CORNELIUS ARIE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Zaprinous’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; 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 ‘Zaprinous’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15987 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.