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US Plant Patent PP25787

Tampa

Hippeastrum plant named ‘Tampa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 11, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 24, 2033. This patent earned 109 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25787, the photograph of Tampa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25787, 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
PP25787
Filed
September 24, 2013
Granted
August 4, 2015
Expires
January 11, 2034
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
MEEROW ALAN W

Abstract

A new and distinct aneuploid 2n=43 semi-dwarf Hippeastrum hybrid plant named ‘Tampa’ particularly characterized by funnel-shaped flowers, measuring approximately 13-17 cm long, approximately 13-14 cm wide laterally, approximately 16-17 cm wide dorsal-ventrally, the flowers are densely striated purple approximately RHS Red Purple 60A on their inner surfaces, with a broad white RHS 155D keel.

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 amaryllis plant genus Hippeastrum named ‘Tampa’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25787 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.