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US Plant Patent PP17123

Evipo006

Clematis plant named ‘Evipo006’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 5, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 24, 2023. This patent earned 712 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17123, the photograph of Evipo006 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17123, 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
PP17123
Filed
January 24, 2003
Granted
October 3, 2006
Expires
January 5, 2025
Assignee
POULSEN ROSER AS & RAYMOND J E
Inventor
EVISON RAYMOND J; OLESEN MOGENS N

Abstract

A new evergreen Clematis cultivar which has long continuous flowering season over which it produces attractive white flowers with a hint of green and a green and purple center. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

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, known to us, substantially as herein illustrated and described, as a distinct and novel Clematis variety due to its abundant light green flowers, with a light green and purple center, excellent flower longevity, long recurrent flowering period from early summer through autumn, and compact growth making it suitable for nursery production in containers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17123 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.