US Plant Patent PP17446

Autumn Surprise

Hypericum plant named ‘Autumn Surprise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 11, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 14, 2025. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17446, the photograph of Autumn Surprise printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17446, 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: PP17446
Filed: June 14, 2005
Granted: February 27, 2007
Expires: July 11, 2025
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO
Inventor: VAN OSTAAYEN CORNELIS PETRUS M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant named ‘Autumn Surprise’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; and tri-colored variegated leaves.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant named ‘Autumn Surprise’, as illustrated and described.

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