US Plant Patent PP13006
Prosil
Helichrysum plant named ‘Prosil’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 26, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 1, 2020. This patent earned 25 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP13006
- Filed
- September 1, 2000
- Granted
- September 24, 2002
- Expires
- September 26, 2020
- Inventor
- BURROWS JOHN D
Abstract
A new cultivar of Helichrysum named ‘Prosil’ that is characterized by a compact plant habit, fine tightly dense foliage that is vivid silver/pearl in color and insignificant flowers that may only rarely bloom. In combination these traits distinguish ‘Prosil’ from all other existing varieties.
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 cultivar of Helichrysum xambiguum plant named ‘Prosil’ as described and illustrated.
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