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US Plant Patent PP25589

Lemon Drop

Oncidium Sweet Sugar ‘Lemon Drop’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 4, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 23, 2033. This patent earned 193 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25589, the photograph of Lemon Drop printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25589, 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
PP25589
Filed
January 23, 2013
Granted
May 26, 2015
Expires
August 4, 2033
Inventor
FANG JAMES YEN JEN

Abstract

A new variety of orchid plant of the genus Oncidium , named Oncidium Sweet Sugar ‘Lemon Drop’, distinguished particularly by flowers of a clean and striking color of medium size that are arranged pleasingly on a raceme and growing quickly to sexual maturity.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A distinct variety of orchid plant named Oncidium Sweet Sugar ‘Lemon Drop’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25589 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.