US Plant Patent PP17345

Inferno

Papaver plant named ‘Inferno’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 23, 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 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17345
Filed: May 31, 2005
Granted: January 9, 2007
Expires: June 23, 2025
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor: OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named ‘Inferno’, characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; and large flowers with intense 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 ‘Inferno’, as illustrated and described.

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