US Plant Patent PP16897

Forest Flame

Fittonia plant named ‘Forest Flame’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 25, 2025. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16897
Filed: June 25, 2005
Granted: July 25, 2006
Expires: June 30, 2025
Assignee: SCHOENMAKERS TROPISCHE POTCULT
Inventor: SCHOENMAKERS KEES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Fittonia plant named ‘Forest Flame’ that is characterized by small green leaves with red veins.

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 Fittonia plant named ‘Forest Flame’ as described and illustrated.

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