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US Plant Patent PP17012

Cleminov 51

Clematis plant named ‘Cleminov 51’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 11, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 17, 2024. This patent earned 25 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17012, the photograph of Cleminov 51 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17012, 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
PP17012
Filed
December 17, 2004
Granted
August 15, 2006
Expires
January 11, 2025
Assignee
AGRI OBTENTIONS S A
Inventor
ARENE-QUERARD LAURENCE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Clematis plant is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program. Attractive purple flowers are formed on a substantially continuous basis over an extended period of time. The growth habit is compact and bushy and the plant well resists wilting and withering. The plant can be readily propagated by the use of cuttings and can be grown to advantage to provide colorful ornamentation in the landscape and in pots.

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

1. A new and distinct Clematis plant that exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a compact and bushy growth habit, (b) forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis over an extended period of time attractive purple flowers, and (c) readily can be propagated by the use of cuttings; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17012 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.