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US Plant Patent PP28746

VITASPHUR

Asplenium plant named ‘VITASPHUR’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 22, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 22, 2036. This patent earned 91 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28746, the photograph of VITASPHUR printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28746, 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
PP28746
Filed
January 22, 2016
Granted
December 5, 2017
Expires
April 22, 2036
Inventor
VAN DUIJNHOVEN HENK

Abstract

A new and distinct Asplenium antiquum cultivar named ‘VITASPHUR’ which is characterized by strongly carinate leaves, moderately undulate leaf margins, a unique growth habit with leaves that twist and curl in a clockwise orientation, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.

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

That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Asplenium antiquum plant named ‘VITASPHUR’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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