US Plant Patent PP16980

Joly Josan

Fittonia plant named ‘Joly Josan’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 14, 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 19 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16980
Filed: June 25, 2005
Granted: August 8, 2006
Expires: July 14, 2025
Assignee: SCHOENMAKERS TROPISCHE POTCULT
Inventor: SCHOENMAKERS KEES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Fittonia plant named ‘Joly Josan’ that is characterized by green leaves with red veins and a compact habit.

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 ‘Joly Josan’ as described and illustrated.

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