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US Plant Patent PP12975

Snowcones White

Mentha plant named ‘Snowcones White’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 27, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 18, 2021. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12975, the photograph of Snowcones White printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12975, 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
PP12975
Filed
April 18, 2001
Granted
September 17, 2002
Expires
May 27, 2021
Assignee
KIEFT SEED HOLLAND
Inventor
DEN HAAN PIETER

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Mentha plant named ‘Snowcones White’, characterized by its compact, outwardly spreading to cascading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; aromatic dark green foliage; and white-colored flowers arranged in axillary verticillasters.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Mentha plant named ‘Snowcones White’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12975 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.