US Plant Patent PP15378

Rio

Cactaceae plant named ‘Rio’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 31, 2022. 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 PP15378, the photograph of Rio printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15378, 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: PP15378
Filed: December 31, 2002
Granted: November 30, 2004
Expires: December 31, 2022
Assignee: UNIV MASSACHUSETTS
Inventor: BOYLE THOMAS H

Abstract

A variety of the Cactaceae family produced by a controlled cross named 'Rio'. 'Rio' has a strong growth habit, a "red" colored bloom, a strong propensity to branch with minimal pruning, erect stems, and blooming flowers that last for two weeks on the plant.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct hybrid plant of the Cactaceae family substantially as herein shown and described.

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