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US Plant Patent PP12697

Snow Star

Astrantia plant named ‘Snow Star’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 16, 2020. 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 PP12697, the photograph of Snow Star printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12697, 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
PP12697
Filed
August 16, 2000
Granted
June 11, 2002
Expires
August 16, 2020
Assignee
FUTURE PLANTS V O F
Inventor
GEERLINGS AAD

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Astrantia plant named ‘Snow Star’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely and continuous flowering habit; and large inflorescences with showy involucral bracts that are white with green apices.

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 ‘Snow Star’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12697 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.