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US Plant Patent PP17683

Dappled Light

Glechoma plant named ‘Dappled Light’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 4, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 20, 2025. This patent earned 45 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17683, the photograph of Dappled Light printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17683, 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
PP17683
Filed
April 20, 2005
Granted
May 1, 2007
Expires
June 4, 2025
Assignee
DOYLE ALICE J
Inventor
DOYLE ALICE J

Abstract

A new and distinct Glechoma plant named ‘Dappled Light,’ particularly characterized by its unique variegation. The main or ground cover of the upper surface of mature leaves is a medium green, with the reticulated pattern and veining being a very pale green. The leaf stems, when exposed to sunlight, have a pinkish-purple color, which pleasantly contrasts with the variegated leaves. The new cultivar has relatively long internodal spacing thereby producing a fuller and more open plant.

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

1. A new and distinct Glechoma plant named ‘Dappled Light,’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17683 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.