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US Plant Patent PP14961

Abbey Road

Astrantia plant named ‘Abbey Road’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 13, 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 PP14961, the photograph of Abbey Road printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14961, 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
PP14961
Filed
May 13, 2003
Granted
June 29, 2004
Expires
May 13, 2023
Inventor
DOFFERHOFF JOHANNES ADRIANES M; RIJNBEEK NICOLAAS ANTONIUS MAR

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Astrantia plant named ‘Abbey Road’, characterized by its upright plant habit; dark colored stems and leaves; freely and continuous flowering habit; and inflorescences with showy involucral bracts that are dark purple in color.

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 Astrantia plant named ‘Abbey Road’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14961 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.