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US Plant Patent PP18169

Pink Star

Fittonia plant named ‘Pink Star’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 25, 2025. 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 PP18169, the photograph of Pink Star printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18169, 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
PP18169
Filed
November 25, 2005
Granted
October 30, 2007
Expires
November 25, 2025
Assignee
SCHOENMAKERS TROPISCHE POTCULT
Inventor
SCHOENMAKERS KEES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Fittonia plant named ‘Pink Star’ that is characterized by small pink leaves with wavy green margins and spots.

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 ‘Pink Star’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18169 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.