US Plant Patent PP15101

Apple Blossom

Bergenia plant named ‘Apple Blossom’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 2, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 24, 2022. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15101, the photograph of Apple Blossom printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15101, 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: PP15101
Filed: June 24, 2002
Granted: August 24, 2004
Expires: August 2, 2022
Inventor: WHITE ANTHONY ROBIN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Bergenia plant named ‘Apple Blossom’ that is characterized by a mounding habit, large glossy green leaves and abundant clusters of pale pink flowers in early spring. In combination these traits set ‘Apple Blossom’ apart from all other existing varieties of Bergenia known to the inventor.

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 cultivar of Bergenia plant named ‘Apple Blossom’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15101 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.