US Plant Patent PP17352

Maskerade

Lonicera plant named ‘Maskerade’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 28, 2025. This patent earned 134 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17352
Filed: January 28, 2005
Granted: January 9, 2007
Expires: June 11, 2025
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO
Inventor: VAN MANEN PIETER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lonicera plant named ‘Maskerade’, characterized by its upright vining plant habit; green and yellow green variegated leaves; and good garden performance.

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 Lonicera plant named ‘Maskerade’, as illustrated and described.

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