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US Plant Patent PP14642

Vanilla

Argyranthemum plant named ‘Vanilla’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 2, 2023. 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 1 of US plant patent PP14642, the photograph of Vanilla printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14642, 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
PP14642
Filed
June 2, 2003
Granted
March 30, 2004
Expires
June 2, 2023
Assignee
FOUR STAR GREENHOUSE
Inventor
SMITH TOM; HEULITT MICHAEL R; METZGER SANDRA; AVERY DEBBIE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘Vanilla’, characterized by its compact, mounded, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit, short internodes; dense and bushy plants; freely and continuous flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per plant held above the foliage; large single daisy inflorescence form with yellow-colored ray florets that become mostly white with development; bright yellow-colored disc florets; and good garden performance.

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 Argyranthemum plant named ‘Vanilla’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14642 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.