US Plant Patent PP18144

Silver Shadow

Peperomia plant named ‘Silver Shadow’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 3, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 25, 2025. This patent earned 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18144
Filed: November 25, 2005
Granted: October 23, 2007
Expires: December 3, 2025
Assignee: SCHOENMAKERS TROPISCHE POTCULT
Inventor: SCHOENMAKERS KEES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Peperomia plant named ‘Silver Shadow’ that is characterized by a broad upright growth habit and white and green leaves.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Peperomia plant named ‘Silver Shadow’ as described and illustrated.

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