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US Plant Patent PP13200

Chesapeake Snowflake

Ornithogalum plant named ‘Chesapeake Snowflake’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 24, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 11, 2021. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13200, the photograph of Chesapeake Snowflake printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13200, 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
PP13200
Filed
May 11, 2001
Granted
November 12, 2002
Expires
July 24, 2021
Inventor
GRIESBACH ROBERT; MEYER FRED

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ornithogalum plant named ‘Chesapeake Snowflake’ characterized by its strong, upright and short scapes; and dense corymbose racemes with numerous white-colored flowers.

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 Ornithogalum plant named ‘Chesapeake Snowflake’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13200 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.