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US Plant Patent PP14762

Sterling

Dieffenbachia plant named ‘Sterling’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 26, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 19, 2022. This patent earned 7 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14762, the photograph of Sterling printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14762, 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
PP14762
Filed
November 19, 2002
Granted
May 4, 2004
Expires
November 26, 2022
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor
HENNY RICHARD J

Abstract

A new and distinct Dieffenbachia hybrid with deep shiny green leaves highlighted by a bright white midrib that extends into the leaf blade along the lateral veins and down through the petioles to the main stem.

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 Dieffenbachia plant as herein described and illustrated with deep shiny green leaves highlighted by a bright white midrib that extends into the leaf blade along the lateral veins and down through the petioles to the main stem.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14762 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.