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US Plant Patent PP13559

Antique Shades

Bracteantha plant named ‘Antique Shades’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 28, 2021. 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 1 of US plant patent PP13559, the photograph of Antique Shades printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13559, 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
PP13559
Filed
March 28, 2001
Granted
February 11, 2003
Expires
March 28, 2021
Inventor
TURNER MATTHEW

Abstract

A new and distinct Bracteantha plant named "Antique Shades', characterized by its pale purple flowers, upright growth habit, and medium green leaves.

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 Bracteantha plant named ‘Antique Shades’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits pale purple flowers, (b) forms medium green foliage, (c) exhibits a good basal branching character, and

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13559 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.