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US Plant Patent PP15626

The Saint

Gladiolus hybrid plant ‘The Saint’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 6, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 25, 2022. This patent earned 165 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15626, the photograph of The Saint printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15626, 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
PP15626
Filed
March 25, 2002
Granted
March 8, 2005
Expires
September 6, 2022
Assignee
COUNCIL SCIENT IND RES
Inventor
DHYANI DEVENDRA; MUKHERJEE DEBASISH

Abstract

The present invention relates to a novel hybrid plant named ‘The Saint’ and belonging to the family Iridaceae said plant is a cross between two gladiolus varieties, ‘Purple King’ and ‘Friendship’ and is an ornamental plant widely cultivated for beautiful flowers which are of commercial and export value, further said plant is propagated vegetatively by corms and hence can be maintained as a stable genotype.

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

1. A new and distinct gladiolus plant called ‘The Saint’ and substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15626 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.