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US Plant Patent PP12654

Lemon Surprise

Dracaena plant named ‘Lemon Surprise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 7, 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 PP12654, the photograph of Lemon Surprise printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12654, 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
PP12654
Filed
June 7, 1999
Granted
May 28, 2002
Expires
June 7, 2019
Inventor
SCHEFFERS RUUD A M

Abstract

A distinct Dracaena plant named ‘Lemon Surprise’ characterized by its 10 inch long leaves which are elliptic and elongated; lightly-curled leaf-edge; compact plant growth; and distinctive leaves which have a grey-green center (RHS 189B) a width at the center of approximately 1.5 cm; a white (RHS 155C) margin on both sides of the grey-green center which is approximately 0.1 cm wide and a yellow-green (RHS 144B) which are outer margins approximately 1.5 cm wide at the center of the leaf.

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 cultivar of Dracaena plant named ‘Lemon Surprise’, as

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12654 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.