US Plant Patent PP17325

Chocolate Dragon

Persicaria plant named ‘Chocolate Dragon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 24, 2025. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17325, the photograph of Chocolate Dragon printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17325, 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: PP17325
Filed: June 24, 2005
Granted: December 26, 2006
Expires: June 26, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: BROWN JR KENNETH E

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Persicaria plant characterized by its compact habit and multicolored leaves exhibiting a two-toned effect with the younger leaves dark purple brown and patterned while the older leaves are green and patterned.

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

1. A new and distinct hybrid of Persicaria plant as herein illustrated and described.

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