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US Plant Patent PP15443

Tanja

Calathea plant named ‘Tanja’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 20, 2024. 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 PP15443, the photograph of Tanja printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15443, 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
PP15443
Filed
March 20, 2004
Granted
December 21, 2004
Expires
March 20, 2024
Assignee
RIJNPLANT BV
Inventor
VAN RIJN LEONARDUS W B M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Calathea plant named ‘Tanja’, characterized by its upright and broad outwardly spreading growth habit; broadly ovate leaf shape; upper leaf surfaces grayed green in color with dark green-colored margins; and lower leaf surfaces dark purple in color.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Calathea plant named ‘Tanja’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15443 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.