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US Plant Patent PP12864

Green Spring

Bouvardia plant named ‘Green Spring’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 18, 2019. 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 4 of US plant patent PP12864, the photograph of Green Spring printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12864, 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
PP12864
Filed
October 18, 1999
Granted
August 20, 2002
Expires
October 18, 2019
Inventor
DE JONG JOHN M F

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Bouvardia plant named ‘Green Spring’ characterized by having white flowers that are green at the apex, dark-green foliage, short internodes, which makes it suitable for growing as a potplant, and excellent keeping quality.

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 Bouvardia plant named ‘Green Spring’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12864 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.