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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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14817, the photograph of Snowbank printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14817, 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
PP14817
Filed
June 2, 2003
Granted
May 25, 2004
Expires
August 20, 2023
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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14817 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.