US Plant Patent PP21573
Maria
Neoregelia plant named ‘Maria’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 5, 2029.
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
- PP21573
- Filed
- August 5, 2009
- Granted
- December 14, 2010
- Expires
- August 5, 2029
- Assignee
- Bullis Bromeliads
- Inventor
- GOMEZ BULLIS PATRICIA E
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Neoregelia plant named ‘Maria’, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching growth habit; leaves of vegetative plants are green and red purple bi-colored becoming solid red purple with development; and good interiorscape and landscape performance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct Neoregelia plant named ‘Maria’ as illustrated and described.
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