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US Plant Patent PP19878

Kate

Orchid plant named ‘Kate’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 11, 2028.

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 PP19878, the photograph of Kate printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19878, 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
PP19878
Filed
February 11, 2008
Granted
March 31, 2009
Expires
February 11, 2028
Inventor
MATHIS WILLIAM D

Abstract

A new Orchid plant particularly distinguished by having pale-lavender flowers, double branched inflorescences, a long scape and flower sepals and petals that open wide and erect, is disclosed.

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 Orchid plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19878 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.