US Plant Patent PP16346

Pink Jewel

Astilbe plant named ‘Pink Jewel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2025. This patent earned 42 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16346
Filed: March 31, 2005
Granted: March 14, 2006
Expires: May 12, 2025
Assignee: GREEN WORKS INTERNAT
Inventor: VAN ELDEREN RENIER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Astilbe plant named ‘Pink Jewel’, characterized by its upright, mounded and compact plant habit; rapid growth rate; freely and uniform flowering habit; and light red purple-colored flowers arranged on arching inflorescences.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Astilbe plant named ‘Pink Jewel’, as illustrated and described.

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