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US Plant Patent PP14116

Rojo Congo

Philodendron plant named ‘Rojo Congo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 8, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 11, 2021. This patent earned 28 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14116, the photograph of Rojo Congo printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14116, 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
PP14116
Filed
December 11, 2001
Granted
August 26, 2003
Expires
January 8, 2022
Assignee
OGLESBY PLANTS INTERNATIONAL I
Inventor
OSIECKI MARIAN WINCENTY

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Philodendron is provided. It is a large plant; suitable for production in 15-cm and larger containers; self-heading, not vining, and self-supporting; mostly upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and open; with very vigorous growth; large, thick, very dark green leaf blades; and thick, dark purple-brown petioles.

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 cultivar of Philodendron plant named ‘Rojo Congo’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14116 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.