US Plant Patent PP17597

Carnival

Clematis plant named ‘Carnival’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 13, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 17, 2024. This patent earned 119 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17597, the photograph of Carnival printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17597, 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: PP17597
Filed: May 17, 2004
Granted: April 17, 2007
Expires: September 13, 2024
Assignee: VANLAEKEN JAMES P
Inventor: VANLAEKEN JAMES P

Abstract

A new variety of clematis plant named ‘Carnival’. The variety is characterized by its unique color combination, having a medium lavender blue tepal with a dark lavender bar. The bright yellow stamens further distinguish the flowers.

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 clematis plant named ‘Carnival’ as shown and described herein.

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