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US Plant Patent PP14621

Little Rocket

Ligularia plant named ‘Little Rocket’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 13, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14621, the photograph of Little Rocket printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14621, 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
PP14621
Filed
May 13, 2003
Granted
March 23, 2004
Expires
May 13, 2023
Assignee
FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor
FRANSEN MARCO J W

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ligularia plant named ‘Little Rocket’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and relatively compact plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; and yellow-colored ray and disc florets.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ligularia plant named ‘Little Rocket’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14621 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.