US Plant Patent PP11724
Congo
Philodendron plant named `Congo`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 16, 2019. 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
- PP11724
- Filed
- February 16, 1999
- Granted
- December 26, 2000
- Expires
- February 16, 2019
- Assignee
- OGLESBY PLANTS INTERNATIONAL I
- Inventor
- OSIECKI MARIAN W
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Philodendron named `Congo` particularly characterized by its self-heading, not vining, and self-supporting appearance; large plant size; mostly upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and open plant habit; good vigor and rapid growth rate; early and freely branching; large, thick, leathery and glossy dark green leaves; and relatively long petioles with long, slightly grayed orange-colored petiole sheaths.
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 `Congo`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11724 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.