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US Plant Patent PP14235

Fireball

Monarda plant named ‘Fireball’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 6, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14235, the photograph of Fireball printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14235, 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
PP14235
Filed
May 6, 2002
Granted
October 14, 2003
Expires
May 6, 2022
Assignee
FUTURE PLANTS V O F
Inventor
OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Monarda plant named ‘Fireball’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and relatively short plant habit; freely flowering habit; and red purple-colored flowers arranged in dense 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 Monarda plant named ‘Fireball’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14235 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.