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US Plant Patent PP16161

Tiny Ghost

Lily plant named ‘Tiny Ghost’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 5, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 23, 2024. This patent earned 13 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16161, the photograph of Tiny Ghost printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16161, 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
PP16161
Filed
October 23, 2004
Granted
December 13, 2005
Expires
November 5, 2024
Inventor
MAK NICOLAAS ALOYSIUS MARIA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Asiatic Hybrid Lily plant named ‘Tiny Ghost’ characterized by its medium to large plant size; vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; red purple-colored tepals that are slightly recurved and ruffled at the apex; and good postproduction longevity.

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 Lily plant named ‘Tiny Ghost’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16161 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.