US Plant Patent PP16423

Namib Gold

Ornithogalum plant named ‘Namib Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 6, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 30, 2024. This patent earned 250 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16423
Filed: July 30, 2004
Granted: April 11, 2006
Expires: April 6, 2025
Assignee: ARC FYNBOS
Inventor: VENECOURT GAIL MARGARET LITTLE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ornithogalum plant named ‘Namib Gold’ that is characterized by a long stem, yellow flowers and vigorous growth. In combination, these traits set ‘Namib Gold’ apart from other known existing varieties of Ornithogalum .

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Ornithogalum plant named ‘Namib Gold’ as described and illustrated.

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