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US Plant Patent PP12315

Cherry Red

Anthurium plant named ‘Cherry Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 2, 2020. 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 4 of US plant patent PP12315, the photograph of Cherry Red printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12315, 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
PP12315
Filed
June 2, 2000
Granted
January 1, 2002
Expires
June 2, 2020
Assignee
TWYFORD PLANT LAB INC
Inventor
LAMB ANN E

Abstract

A new Anthurium plant named ‘Cherry Red’ particularly distinguished by its dark-red, heart-shaped spathes, which are durable and may retain their color for 8 weeks or more. The foliage of ‘Cherry Red’ is thick, durable, dark-green and shiny with reddish brown petioles and midribs. Plants of ‘Cherry Red’ are large in stature and best suited for pot sizes 20 cm and larger.

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 Anthurium plant named ‘Cherry Red’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12315 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.