US Plant Patent PP15211

White Abundance

Clematis plant named ‘White Abundance’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 7, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 11, 2022. This patent earned 208 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15211, the photograph of White Abundance printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15211, 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: PP15211
Filed: September 11, 2002
Granted: October 12, 2004
Expires: April 7, 2023
Inventor: WHITE ANTHONY ROBIN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Clematis named ‘White Abundance’ that is characterized by short internodes, green fern-like foliage and a profuse display of fragrant cream-white male flowers in spring. In combination these traits set ‘White Abundance’ 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 ‘White Abundance’ as described and illustrated.

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