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US Plant Patent PP14995

Nr.21

Nephrolepis plant named ‘Nr.21’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 18, 2023. 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 PP14995, the photograph of Nr.21 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14995, 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
PP14995
Filed
November 18, 2003
Granted
July 6, 2004
Expires
November 18, 2023
Inventor
VAN ANDEL OTTO JAN ROBERT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nephrolepis plant named ‘Nr. 21’, characterized by its mostly upright and somewhat outwardly arching plant habit; strong, erect and visible rachis; and long straight fronds with numerous undulate pinnae.

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 plant named ‘Nr. 21’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14995 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.