US Plant Patent PP14352

Exotic Ruby

Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Exotic Ruby’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 11, 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 11 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP14352
Filed: August 31, 2002
Granted: December 9, 2003
Expires: September 11, 2022
Inventor: PLATE RENATE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Exotic Ruby’, characterized by its 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 Ruby’, as illustrated and described.

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