US Plant Patent PP12177
Dorothy Applegate
Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Dorothy Applegate’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 18, 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12177
- Filed
- May 18, 2000
- Granted
- October 30, 2001
- Expires
- May 18, 2020
- Assignee
- TWYFORD PLANT LAB INC
- Inventor
- RABIN MITCH
Abstract
A new and distinct Phalaenopsis orchid variety named ‘Dorothy Applegate’ which produces flowers which are almost entirely covered with bright-pink stripes and spots over a white background. The flowers are carried on sturdy, upright, frequently branched spikes. Mature plants initiate spikes year round, regardless of season, and once in bloom, tend to remain in bloom. The plant grows very easily and quickly to marketable size.
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 named ‘Dorothy Applegate’, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12177 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.