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US Plant Patent PP21427

Bethlehem

Ornithogalum plant named ‘Bethlehem’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 1, 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 PP21427, the photograph of Bethlehem printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21427, 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
PP21427
Filed
December 1, 2008
Granted
October 26, 2010
Expires
December 1, 2028
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO
Inventor
BAUTISTA RODOLFO VALDOZ

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. named ‘Bethlehem’ originated as a controlled cross between the commercial cultivar Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. ‘Chesapeake Snowflake’ and an unnamed Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq. cultivar. The cultivar ‘Bethlehem’ has R.H.S. 155 C (white group) tepals at maturity and is distinguished from other similar cultivars of which the inventor is aware by its tall racemes, wide leaves and suitability for growth in pots.

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

1. A new and distinct Ornithogalum plant named ‘Bethlehem’ substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21427 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.