US Plant Patent PP12803

Silver Falls

Athyrium niponicum var pictum plant named ‘Silver Falls’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 21, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 24, 2020. This patent earned 28 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12803, the photograph of Silver Falls printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12803, 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: PP12803
Filed: August 24, 2000
Granted: July 23, 2002
Expires: September 21, 2020
Inventor: BALLANTYNE DIANA

Abstract

A new and distint hybrid of Athyrium niponicum var. pictum plant characterized by exceptional silvering of the fronds and the presence of this silvering for an extended period of time.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct selection of Athyrium niponicum var. pictum plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by exceptional silvering of the fronds and the presence of this silvering for an extended period of time.

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