US Plant Patent PP12441

Copito

Guzmania plant named ‘Copito’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 18, 2020. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12441, the photograph of Copito printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12441, 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: PP12441
Filed: May 18, 2000
Granted: March 5, 2002
Expires: May 18, 2020
Assignee: CORN BAK BV
Inventor: BAK ELLY; STEUR NICOLAAS D M

Abstract

A Guzmania plant named ‘Copito’ particularly characterized by its solid growth habit in a funnel-form rosette measuring approximately 20 cm in height above the pot when flowering; numerous, relatively narrow leaves, each approximately 2-2.5 cm in width and 25 cm in length; superior floral bract production; compound inflorescence; and long-lasting habit.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Guzmania plant named ‘Copito’ substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12441 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.