US Plant Patent PP12866

Thai Supreme

Curcuma plant named ‘Thai Supreme’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 11, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP12866
Filed: May 11, 2000
Granted: August 20, 2002
Expires: May 11, 2020
Assignee: BEN ZUR NURSERIES LTD
Inventor: BEN ZUR ISSACHAR; TECHACHAREONSUKCHERA VITOON

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Curcuma plant named ‘Thai Supreme’, characterized by its compact plant habit with flowers positioned at or just above the foliage; upright and somewhat outwardly arching habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering; and purple-colored flower bracts.

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 Curcuma plant named ‘Thai

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