US Plant Patent PP17270

Atlantis

Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Atlantis’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 2, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 18, 2025. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17270
Filed: January 18, 2005
Granted: December 12, 2006
Expires: April 2, 2025
Assignee: MICROFLOR NV
Inventor: RYSSELBERGHE RONIE VAN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Atlantis’ that is characterized by broad elliptic dull green leaves and free flowering purple flowers.

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 Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Atlantis’ as described and illustrated.

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