US Plant Patent PP12850

Chesapeake Starlight

Ornithogalum plant named ‘Chesapeake Starlight’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 6, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 22, 2021. This patent earned 43 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12850, the photograph of Chesapeake Starlight printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12850, 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: PP12850
Filed: January 22, 2001
Granted: August 13, 2002
Expires: March 6, 2021
Assignee: US AGRICULTURE
Inventor: GRIESBACH ROBERT; MEYER FRED

Abstract

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

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ornithogalum plant named ‘Chesapeake Starlight’, as illustrated and described.

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