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US Plant Patent PP20235

White Knight

EXOTIC ORCHID ‘White Knight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 2, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 10, 2027. This patent earned 298 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20235, the photograph of White Knight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20235, 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
PP20235
Filed
April 10, 2007
Granted
August 25, 2009
Expires
February 2, 2028
Inventor
BARFIELD ROBERT GLEN

Abstract

A new variety of orchid plant of the Oncidiinae Intergeneric group, Brassidium, named EXOTIC ORCHID ‘White Knight’, distinguished in part by a compact size, highly contrasted flower, and growing quickly from in-vitro culture to flowering.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of orchid plant named EXOTIC ORCHID ‘White Knight’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20235 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.