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US Plant Patent PP4425

Leaf

Peperomia plant (Autumn Leaf)

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 9, 1998. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP4425
Filed
March 9, 1978
Granted
June 12, 1979
Expires
March 9, 1998
Inventor
BRADFORD VIRGINIA

Abstract

A sport of a Peperomia caperata (Emerald Ripple) characterized by a mottled and variegated coloration of forest-olive and pale greens.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of Peperomia plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by a variegated leaf mottled with dark and light green.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4425 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.