US Plant Patent PP14074

Festiva

Gladiolus plant named ‘Festiva’

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 PP14074, the photograph of Festiva printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14074, 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: PP14074
Filed: June 8, 2001
Granted: August 19, 2003
Expires: June 8, 2021
Inventor: ZIPPERER III JOHN O

Abstract

A new and distinct gladiolus variety, designated ‘Festiva’, is shown and described. Compared to the ‘Jennie Lee’ parent variety, ‘Festiva’ has a similar bloom diameter, produces stems having the same length, but produces one to two less florets per 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, ‘Festiva’, as shown and described herein.

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