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US Plant Patent PP27966

Black Sapphire Gecko

Colocasia plant named ‘Black Sapphire Gecko’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 24, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 12, 2035. This patent earned 73 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27966, the photograph of Black Sapphire Gecko printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27966, 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
PP27966
Filed
May 12, 2015
Granted
May 2, 2017
Expires
July 24, 2035
Assignee
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL, Brian's Botanicals
Inventor
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘Black Sapphire Gecko’, that is characterized by its clump forming, large plant habit growing up to 1.8 m in height, its leaves that are dark purple-black in color with a reflective sheen on the upper surface and maroon in color on the lower surface, its petioles that are dark maroon in color, its healthy root system that is cold hardy up to U.S.D.A. Zone 7, and its production of large tubers as it ages.

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 Sapphire Gecko’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27966 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.