US Plant Patent PP14823

Pretty in Blue

Clematis plant named ‘Pretty in Blue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 29, 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 75 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14823, the photograph of Pretty in Blue printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14823, 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: PP14823
Filed: February 13, 2003
Granted: May 25, 2004
Expires: April 29, 2023
Assignee: PLANT HAVEN INC
Inventor: SNOEIJER WIM

Abstract

A new cultivar of Clematis named ‘Pretty in Blue’ that is characterized by upright violet-blue flowers in spring, summer and autumn, upright to decumbent habit, long blooming period, and medium-green foliage In combination, these traits set ‘Pretty in Blue’ 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 ‘Pretty in Blue’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14823 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.