US Plant Patent PP15587

Walrhead

Crocosmia plant named ‘Walrhead’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 16, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 21, 2023. This patent earned 54 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15587
Filed: January 21, 2003
Granted: February 22, 2005
Expires: March 16, 2023
Inventor: TRISTRAM DAVID

Abstract

A new cultivar of Crocosmia named ‘Walrhead’ that is characterized by an upright clumping habit, short height, and free-flowering sterile red flowers that face reasonably upward. In combination these traits set ‘Walrhead’ apart from all other existing varieties of Crocosmia known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Crocosmia plant named ‘Walrhead’ as described and illustrated.

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