US Plant Patent PP11963
Pink Lightning
Astilbe plant named ‘Pink Lightning’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 29, 2019. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11963
- Filed
- December 29, 1999
- Granted
- June 26, 2001
- Expires
- December 29, 2019
- Assignee
- FUTURE PLANTS V O F
- Inventor
- VAN VEEN WIM
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Astilbe plant named ‘Pink Lightning’, characterized by its upright and compact growth habit; dark green glossy leaves; very freely and uniformly flowering; and attractive light pink-colored flowers.
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 Astilbe plant named ‘Pink Lightning’, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11963 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.