US Plant Patent PP15958

Nr. 20

Nephrolepis plant named ‘Nr. 20’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 14, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 3, 2024. This patent earned 42 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15958, the photograph of Nr. 20 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15958, 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: PP15958
Filed: May 3, 2004
Granted: September 13, 2005
Expires: June 14, 2024
Assignee: BRAAM YOUNG PLANTS B V
Inventor: VAN ANDEL OTTO JAN ROBERT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nephrolepis plant named ‘Nr. 20’, characterized by its mostly upright and somewhat outwardly arching plant habit; strong, erect and visible rachis; and uniquely-shaped undulate pinnae.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Nephrolepis plant named ‘Nr. 20’, as illustrated and described.

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