US Plant Patent PP16411

Cognac

Alternanthera plant named ‘Cognac’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 24, 2024. This patent earned 93 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16411
Filed: December 24, 2004
Granted: April 4, 2006
Expires: March 27, 2025
Assignee: ITSAUL PLANTS LLC
Inventor: SAUL ROBERT MARK

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Alternanthera plant named ‘Cognac’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; freely basal branching habit; bushy and dense growth habit; and dark purplish brown-colored leaves.

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

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