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US Plant Patent PP17350

Mandarin

Papaver plant named ‘Mandarin’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17350, the photograph of Mandarin printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17350, 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
PP17350
Filed
May 31, 2005
Granted
January 9, 2007
Expires
June 4, 2025
Inventor
OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17350 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.