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US Plant Patent PP14350

Golden Goddess

Gladiolus plant named ‘Golden Goddess’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 19, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 8, 2021. This patent earned 41 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14350, the photograph of Golden Goddess printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14350, 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
PP14350
Filed
June 8, 2001
Granted
December 9, 2003
Expires
July 19, 2021
Inventor
ZIPPERER III JOHN O

Abstract

A new and distinct gladiolus variety, designated ‘Golden Goddess’, is shown and described. Compared to the ‘Goldfield’ variety, the ‘Golden Goddess’ variety can also maintain six flowers in open bloom simultaneously in a water after harvest. The claimed variety differs from ‘Goldfield’ in that the ‘Goldfield’ variety produces stems that are 10 cm shorter with 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, ‘Golden Goddess’, as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14350 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.