US Plant Patent PP14054

Zoin

Clematis plant named ‘Zoin’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 29, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 19, 2021. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14054, the photograph of Zoin printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14054, 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: PP14054
Filed: September 19, 2001
Granted: August 12, 2003
Expires: September 29, 2021
Inventor: SNOEIJER WIM

Abstract

A new cultivar of Clematis named ‘Zoin’ that is characterized by an upright scandent habit, low to medium height and pink flowers that are suitable for use as cut flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Zoin’ 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 ‘Zoin’ as described and illustrated.

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