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US Plant Patent PP16215

Cassidy

Liriope plant named ‘Cassidy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 22, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 26, 2024. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16215, the photograph of Cassidy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16215, 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
PP16215
Filed
October 26, 2004
Granted
January 24, 2006
Expires
January 22, 2025
Inventor
ZAIAS NARDO

Abstract

A new cultivar of Liriope plant named ‘Cassidy’ that is characterized by a compact habit and linear, curly green leaves.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Liriope plant named ‘Cassidy’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16215 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.