US Plant Patent PP17633

CFPC Aztec

Carnation plant named ‘CFPC Aztec’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 16, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 8, 2025. This patent earned 192 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17633, the photograph of CFPC Aztec printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17633, 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: PP17633
Filed: July 8, 2005
Granted: April 24, 2007
Expires: January 16, 2026
Assignee: CALIFORNIA FLORIDA PLANT COMPA
Inventor: STAHLHUT ROY

Abstract

A new variety of carnation plant named ‘CFPC Aztec’ having large distinctive light orange flowers with occasional pink pencil marks along the petals and on the tips of the petals.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of carnation plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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