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US Plant Patent PP12639

Anthura Gold

Phalaenopsis orchid plant named ‘Anthura Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 14, 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 PP12639, the photograph of Anthura Gold printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12639, 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
PP12639
Filed
April 14, 2000
Granted
May 21, 2002
Expires
April 14, 2020
Assignee
ANTHURA BV
Inventor
ARNDT GUNTER

Abstract

A new and distinct Phalaenopsis orchid plant named ‘Anthura Gold’ particularly characterized by its attractive and unique yellow flowers and economical propagation via tissue culture. ‘Anthura Gold’ has relatively small, dark-green foliage, a rapid growth rate, and a compact plant structure which is suitable for packaging and shipping to the market.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis orchid plant named ‘Anthura Gold’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12639 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.