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US Plant Patent PP15220

Bidantis

Bidens ferulifolia plant named ‘Bidantis’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 17, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 10, 2023. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15220, the photograph of Bidantis printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15220, 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
PP15220
Filed
January 10, 2003
Granted
October 12, 2004
Expires
March 17, 2023
Assignee
SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor
HOUBRAKEN ANNA M W P

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Bidens plant named ‘Bidantis’ which is particularly distinguished by its vigorous character, upright (bit trailing) plant habit, dark green foliage and golden yellow inflorescences. The new cultivar can perfectly be used in mixed hanging baskets.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Bidins plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its upright vigorous plant habit with bright golden yellow inflorescences.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15220 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.