US Plant Patent PP18047

Red Star

Fittonia plant named ‘Red Star’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 2, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 25, 2025. This patent earned 7 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18047
Filed: November 25, 2005
Granted: September 18, 2007
Expires: December 2, 2025
Assignee: SCHOENMAKERS TROPISCHE POTCULT
Inventor: SCHOENMAKERS KEES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Fittonia plant named ‘Red Star’ that is characterized by small pink to red leaves with green wavy 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 ‘Red Star’ as described and illustrated.

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