US Plant Patent PP15315

Tiger Fern

Nephrolepis Fern plant named ‘Tiger Fern’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 8, 2024. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP15315
Filed: January 8, 2004
Granted: November 16, 2004
Expires: January 8, 2024
Assignee: EXOTIC FOLIAGE NURSERY INC
Inventor: HENDARTO CHANDRA GUNAWAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nephrolepis Fern plant named ‘Tiger Fern’, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching plant habit; vigorous growth habit; durable rachis; green and yellow green variegated pinnae; and closely-spaced pinnae; densely foliated.

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 Nephrolepis Fern plant, named ‘Tiger Fern’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15315 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.