US Plant Patent PP14817
Snowbank
Brugmansia plant named ‘Snowbank’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 20, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 2, 2023. This patent earned 79 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP14817
- Filed
- June 2, 2003
- Granted
- May 25, 2004
- Expires
- August 20, 2023
- Assignee
- TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- HEIMS DANIEL M
Abstract
The new and distinct Brugmansia plant named ‘Snowbank’ is characterized by its extremely showy white, wide leaf margins and large leaf size.
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 Brugmansia plant, substantially as shown and described, characterized by its extremely showy white, wide leaf margins and large leaf size.
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