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US Plant Patent PP28477

Starlight

Anthericum plant named ‘Starlight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 5, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 17, 2036. This patent earned 17 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28477, the photograph of Starlight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28477, 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
PP28477
Filed
February 17, 2016
Granted
October 3, 2017
Expires
March 5, 2036
Inventor
LIEF IAN DESMOND

Abstract

A new cultivar of Anthericum ‘Starlight’ that is characterized by its variegated foliage with light yellow-green and creamy-white midribs, and multiple longitudinal stripes throughout the darker green leaf blade, its yellow-green inflorescence stalks and its ust growth habit, golden yellow colored flower buds, white flowers with yellow tips and bright yellow stamens, and its non-viable seeds.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Anthericum plant named ‘Starlight’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28477 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.