US Plant Patent PP16458

Morningstar

Clerodendrum plant named ‘Morningstar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 22, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 24, 2024. This patent earned 89 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16458
Filed: September 24, 2004
Granted: April 18, 2006
Expires: December 22, 2024
Assignee: MORNINGSTAR NURSERY INC
Inventor: CRIPPEN JOEL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Clerodendrum plant named ‘Morningstar’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant growth habit; dark green and lighter green variegated leaves; relatively small ruffled leaves; freely flowering habit; and purple and white-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Clerodendrum plant named ‘Morningstar’, as illustrated and described.

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