US Plant Patent PP12144
McColley's Finale
Philodendron plant named ‘McColley's Finale’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 13, 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
- PP12144
- Filed
- May 13, 1999
- Granted
- October 16, 2001
- Expires
- May 13, 2019
- Inventor
- MCCOLLEY CORA
Abstract
There is disclosed a stocky, compact self-heading Philodendron plant of unique color, having new leaves of rich chestnut red color, which color changes as the leaves mature, to a dark chestnut red and then to a medium green with dark chestnut red shading, dark chestnut red cataphylls and red black petioles add to the overall distinctive color of the plant, which retains its coloration in moderate indoor conditions.
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 variety of Philodendron plant, as herein illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12144 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.