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US Plant Patent PP12712

Pink Ruffles

Papaver plant named ‘Pink Ruffles’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 24, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12712, the photograph of Pink Ruffles printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12712, 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
PP12712
Filed
July 24, 2000
Granted
June 18, 2002
Expires
July 24, 2020
Inventor
OUDSHOORN HERBERT

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named ‘Pink Ruffles’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; dark green leaves; vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; and pink petals with fringed margins.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named ‘Pink Ruffles’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12712 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.