US Plant Patent PP17259

White Star

Fittonia plant named ‘White Star’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 4, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 30, 2025. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17259
Filed: June 30, 2005
Granted: December 5, 2006
Expires: July 4, 2025
Assignee: SCHOENMAKERS TROPISCHE POTCULT
Inventor: SCHOENMAKERS KEES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Fittonia plant named ‘White Star’ that is characterized by small light green to white leaves with dark green margins.

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 ‘White Star’ as described and illustrated.

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