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US Plant Patent PP15747

Miner's Claim

Brugmansia plant named ‘Miner's Claim’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 3, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 29, 2023. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15747, the photograph of Miner's Claim printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15747, 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
PP15747
Filed
December 29, 2003
Granted
May 3, 2005
Expires
January 3, 2024
Inventor
MILLER LUEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Brugmansia plant named ‘Miner's Claim’ that is characterized by upright, spreading habit, variegated cream-white and light green foliage, and large salmon-pink flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Miner's Claim’ apart from all other existing varieties of Brugmansia known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Brugmansia plant named ‘Miner's Claim’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15747 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.