US Plant Patent PP18420

Venice

Astrantia plant named ‘Venice’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 14, 2026.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP18420
Filed: September 14, 2006
Granted: January 15, 2008
Expires: September 14, 2026
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor: OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

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

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

1. A new and distinct Astrantia plant named ‘Venice’ as illustrated and described.

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