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US Plant Patent PP36190

Arctic Fox

Arabis plant named ‘Arctic Fox’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 8, 2044.

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 PP36190, the photograph of Arctic Fox printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36190, 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
PP36190
Filed
February 8, 2024
Granted
October 8, 2024
Expires
February 8, 2044
Assignee
SMITH MICHAEL VERN, HORN MAURICE
Inventor
SMITH MICHAEL VERN; HORN MAURICE

Abstract

A new variety of Arabis (species x sturrii) named ‘Arctic Fox’ which exhibits an exceptionally low-growing and spreading plant habit and striking green and white variegated semi-glossy foliage consisting of mid-green leaf centers surrounded by light cream leaf margins and marginal bands. ‘Arctic Fox’ bears pure white colored flowers in dense racemes on stems which rise 5 cm to 10 cm above the ground or base level of the mat of foliage. The petals of the flowers of ‘Arctic Fox’ are free, unlobed, white in color, ovate and glabrous. The anthers of the flowers of ‘Arctic Fox’ (six in number) and are grey-green in color and conspicuous against the white-colored petals.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Arabis plant named ‘Arctic Fox’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36190 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.