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US Plant Patent PP35659

April Showers

Phalaenopsis plant named ‘April Showers’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 26, 2043.

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 PP35659, the photograph of April Showers printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35659, 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
PP35659
Filed
June 26, 2023
Granted
February 20, 2024
Expires
June 26, 2043
Assignee
Floricultura
Inventor
SCHOONE RENE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘April Showers’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; strong flowering stems; strong leaves; freely flowering habit with typically two to three inflorescences per plant, each inflorescence with numerous flowers; white-colored flowers with dark red and dark purplish red-colored stripes and sectors; flowers with white, yellow and purple-colored labella; and good postproduction longevity.

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 Phalaenopsis plant named ‘April Showers’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35659 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.