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US Plant Patent PP14506

Summer Snow

Gypsophila plant named ‘Summer Snow’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 25, 2022. 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 PP14506, the photograph of Summer Snow printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14506, 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
PP14506
Filed
November 25, 2002
Granted
February 3, 2004
Expires
November 25, 2022
Inventor
VAN DER KRAAN-ZONDERLAND MARIA

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Gypsophila plant named ‘Summer Snow’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely flowering habit; many-petalled white-colored flowers arranged in compact and dense compound cymes; and good post-production longevity.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Gypsophila plant named ‘Summer Snow’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14506 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.