US Plant Patent PP16036

First Surprise

Kniphofia plant named ‘First Surprise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 19, 2024. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP16036
Filed: October 19, 2004
Granted: October 11, 2005
Expires: October 19, 2024
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor: VAN DELFT LUIT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Kniphofia plant named ‘First Surprise’ characterized by its relatively compact plant habit; suitability for container production; mostly upright and moderately strong flowering scapes; orange-colored flowers arranged in racemes; and early and freely flowering habit.

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 Kniphofia plant named ‘First Surprise’, as illustrated and described.

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