US Plant Patent PP14327

Exotic Beauty

Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Exotic Beauty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 4, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 31, 2022. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14327, the photograph of Exotic Beauty printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14327, 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: PP14327
Filed: August 31, 2002
Granted: December 2, 2003
Expires: September 4, 2022
Inventor: PLATE RENATE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Exotic Beauty’, characterized by its dark red purple-colored flowers with darker red purple-colored labellum; freely flowering habit; upright, freely branching and sturdy flowering stems, and excellent 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 cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Exotic Beauty’, as illustrated and described.

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