US Plant Patent PP13548

Magic Dragon

Maurandya plant named ‘Magic Dragon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 2, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 18, 2021. This patent earned 45 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 2 of US plant patent PP13548, the photograph of Magic Dragon printed in the patent. — Figure 2 from US Plant Patent PP13548, 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: PP13548
Filed: June 18, 2001
Granted: February 4, 2003
Expires: August 2, 2021
Inventor: BROWN RAY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Maurandya named ‘Magic Dragon’ that is characterized by semi-weeping branches and light green foliage, large bright red trumpet-shaped flowers with flared lobes, and a climbing habit when secured to a stake or trellis. In combination these traits set ‘Magic Dragon’ apart from all other existing varieties of Maurandya.

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 variety of Maurandya plant named ‘Magic Dragon’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13548 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.