US Plant Patent PP9238
Bronze Venus
Maidenhair fern plant named `Bronze Venus`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 6, 2014. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9238
- Filed
- October 6, 1994
- Granted
- August 8, 1995
- Expires
- October 6, 2014
- Assignee
- MILESTONE AGRICULTURE INC
- Inventor
- TAS WIM P
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Fern plant named Bronze Venus, characterized by its fronds that are light brown when immature, turning light green as they mature, and darker green when mature giving plants of Bronze Venus a tricolor appearance; symmetrical plant habit; arching plant shape; numerous pinnules, pinnae and fronds that form a dense plant canopy; large, spreading, pedate fronds; long narrow pinnules with finely serrated abaxial margins giving plants of Bronze Venus a feathery appearance; and rapid growth rate.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Fern plant named Bronze Venus, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9238 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.