US Plant Patent PP12956

Brasil

Philodendron plant named ‘Brasil’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12956, the photograph of Brasil printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12956, 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: PP12956
Filed: January 18, 2000
Granted: September 17, 2002
Expires: January 18, 2020
Assignee: TWYFORD INTERNAT INC
Inventor: ACOSTA RUBEN ERNESTO

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Philodendron plant named ‘Brasil’, characterized by its unique dark green and yellow green variegated leaves; elongated leaf apices; and young stems and leaf petioles that are initially reddish pink becoming reddish orange and eventually light green with subsequent development.

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 Philodendron plant named ‘Brasil’, as illustrated and described.

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