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US Plant Patent PP13562

Firebird

Dendrobium plant named Stardust ‘Firebird’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 4, 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13562, the photograph of Firebird printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13562, 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
PP13562
Filed
April 4, 2000
Granted
February 18, 2003
Expires
April 4, 2020
Inventor
ASAI NOBUYUKI

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Dendrobium Plant named Stardust ‘Firebird’, is particularly characterized by its pure bright orange sepal and petal color and lip with bright yellow-orange and dark orange red checkered pattern, its economical propagation via tissue culture, its spring bloom and its small plant size which makes it suitable for packaging and shipment.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Dendrobium plant named Stardust ‘Firebird’ having the characteristics herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13562 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.