US Plant Patent PP14787

Sprinkles

Clematis plant named ‘Sprinkles’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 1, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2021. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14787, the photograph of Sprinkles printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14787, 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: PP14787
Filed: September 27, 2001
Granted: May 18, 2004
Expires: October 1, 2021
Inventor: VANLAEKEN JAMES P

Abstract

A new variety of clematis plant named ‘Sprinkles’. The variety is characterized by wavy edged petals having sprinkles of light pink distributed throughout the tepal surface and a light pink bar that extends along the center longitudinal axis of each tepal.

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 ‘Sprinkles’ as shown and described herein.

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