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US Plant Patent PP16425

Mia

Calathea plant named ‘Mia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 9, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2024. This patent earned 132 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16425, the photograph of Mia printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16425, 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
PP16425
Filed
September 30, 2004
Granted
April 11, 2006
Expires
February 9, 2025
Assignee
TWYFORD INT INC
Inventor
HAMBALI GREGORI G

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calathea plant named ‘Mia’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading growth habit; elliptic-shaped dark green-colored leaves with a broad metallic silver green-colored marginal band; leaves often variably tinged with pink when developing; and long-lasting inflorescences with green and pink-colored bracts held above the foliage on strong scapes.

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 Calathea plant named ‘Mia’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16425 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.