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US Plant Patent PP13498

Charles Thatham

Narsissus plant named ‘Charles Thatham’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 15, 2020. 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 PP13498, the photograph of Charles Thatham printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13498, 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
PP13498
Filed
February 15, 2000
Granted
January 21, 2003
Expires
February 15, 2020
Assignee
MONCKTON TIMOTHY JAMES
Inventor
MONCKTON TIMOTHY JAMES

Abstract

A new variety of Narsissus, sub genus Tazetta, generated as a result of either a sport (mutant) or a natural cross of unknown Narsissus species, and having the unique properties of being exceptionally early flowering (late October to early November) from an August planting outdoors, and also being moderately winter hardy with distinctly elegant scented flowers, with good propagative and yield characteristics.

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 Narsissus tazetta plant, substantially as herin described and shown as being exceptionally early in autumn flowering and uniquely winter hardy, and being different in floral colour and shape than any other outdoor autumn/late winter flowering N. tazetta

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13498 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.