US Plant Patent PP17341

Firefly

Papaver plant named ‘Firefly’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 4, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 31, 2025. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17341
Filed: May 31, 2005
Granted: January 2, 2007
Expires: June 4, 2025
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor: OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named ‘Firefly’, characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; and large flowers with bright red-colored petals.

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 Papaver plant named ‘Firefly’, as illustrated and described.

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