US Plant Patent PP14770

Fascination

Clematis plant named ‘Fascination’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 6, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 13, 2023. This patent earned 52 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP14770
Filed: February 13, 2003
Granted: May 11, 2004
Expires: April 6, 2023
Assignee: PLANT HAVEN INC
Inventor: SNOEIJER WIM

Abstract

A new cultivar of Clematis named ‘Fascination’ that is characterized by upright to semi-climbing habit, glossy violet flowers in summer, glossy flower buds, silver seed heads, and medium to dark-green foliage. In combination these traits set ‘Fascination’ apart from all other existing varieties of Clematis known to the inventor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Clematis plant named ‘Fascination’ as described and illustrated.

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