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US Plant Patent PP14214

VP001

Fern plant named ‘VP001’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 27, 2022. 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 PP14214, the photograph of VP001 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14214, 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
PP14214
Filed
June 27, 2002
Granted
October 7, 2003
Expires
June 27, 2022
Inventor
BIJL JACOB JOHANNES

Abstract

A new and distinct fern plant named ‘VP001’ characterized by having densely crowded compact shape; brown downy scales at the base; green leaves; sterile and button shaped leaflets; erect and occasionally forked stalks; good tolerancy against heat; and low humidity.

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 fern plant named ‘VP001’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14214 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.