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US Plant Patent PP26763

Oregon Snowflake

Flowering currant plant named ‘Oregon Snowflake’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 26, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 29, 2034. This patent earned 119 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26763, the photograph of Oregon Snowflake printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26763, 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
PP26763
Filed
August 29, 2014
Granted
May 31, 2016
Expires
December 26, 2034
Inventor
CONTRERAS RYAN N; FRIDDLE MARA WYNNE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ribes sanguineum , ‘Oregon Snowflake’, characterized by its compact and densely branched growth habit and highly dissected leaves.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of flowering currant plant named ‘Oregon Snowflake’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26763 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.