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US Plant Patent PP12603

Golden Coast

Dracaena plant named ‘Golden Coast’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 6, 2019. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12603, the photograph of Golden Coast printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12603, 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
PP12603
Filed
December 6, 1999
Granted
May 7, 2002
Expires
December 6, 2019
Inventor
VIJVERBERG PIET

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Dracaena plant named ‘Golden Coast’, characterized by its unique golden and dark green-colored variegated foliage with dark green at leaf center surrounded by golden margin; upright and thick leaves; short leaf sheaths; and tolerance to low temperatures.

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 Dracaena plant named ‘Golden Coast’,

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12603 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.