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US Plant Patent PP26151

Black Ripple

Colocasia plant named ‘Black Ripple’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 3, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 10, 2033. This patent earned 85 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26151, the photograph of Black Ripple printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26151, 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
PP26151
Filed
July 10, 2013
Granted
November 24, 2015
Expires
October 3, 2033
Assignee
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL, BRIAN S BOTAN
Inventor
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘Black Ripple’, that is characterized by its leaves that are very dark black-purple in color with a surface that is corrugated (puckered), iridescent and shiny, its dwarf and compact plant habit, its petioles that are deep purple in color, its clump forming growth habit, and its vigorous growth habit.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘Black Ripple’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26151 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.