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US Plant Patent PP15925

Venus

Hybrid Calycanthus plant named ‘Venus’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 24, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 9, 2023. This patent earned 138 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15925, the photograph of Venus printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15925, 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
PP15925
Filed
July 9, 2003
Granted
August 23, 2005
Expires
November 24, 2023
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Inventor
RANNEY THOMAS; EAKER THOMAS

Abstract

Calycanthus cultivar ‘Venus’ is a medium-sized, multi-stemmed shrub producing large, yellow-green flower buds that open to unique large, white magnolia-like flowers with yellow and purple infusions in the center. The flowers open widely, such that all of the tepals are visible, and are fragrant with the fruity aroma of strawberries and melons.

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

1. A new and distinct hybrid cultivar of Calycanthus plant named ‘Venus’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15925 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.