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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26763
- Filed
- August 29, 2014
- Granted
- May 31, 2016
- Expires
- December 26, 2034
- Assignee
- UNIV OREGON STATE
- 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.
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