US Plant Patent PP13782

Alexandra The Great

Gladiolus plant named ‘Alexandra The Great’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 8, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13782, the photograph of Alexandra The Great printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13782, 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: PP13782
Filed: June 8, 2001
Granted: May 6, 2003
Expires: June 8, 2021
Inventor: ZIPPERER III JOHN O

Abstract

A new and distinct gladiolus variety of plant, designated ‘Alexandra The Great’, is shown and described. Compared to the ‘T-200’ variety, the ‘Alexandra The Great’ variety is 30 cm taller and will maintain two to three more flowers in open bloom. The variety is also able to maintain up to ten flowers in open bloom simultaneously, beginning with a tight cut stem.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct gladiolus variety of plant named ‘Alexandra The Great’, as shown and described herein.

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