US Plant Patent PP16271

VP004

Nephrolepis plant named ‘VP004’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 25, 2024. This patent earned 201 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16271
Filed: June 25, 2004
Granted: February 21, 2006
Expires: January 12, 2025
Assignee: ZAIAS NARDO
Inventor: ZAIAS NARDO

Abstract

A new cultivar of Nephrolepis plant named ‘VP004’ that is characterized by light green, narrow, short leaves and a compact habit. In combination, these traits set ‘VP004’ apart from other known existing varieties of Nephrolepis .

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Nephrolepis plant named ‘VP004’ as described and illustrated.

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