US Plant Patent PP12824

Rubymine

Phlox plant named ‘Rubymine’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 6, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 25, 2021. This patent earned 11 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12824, the photograph of Rubymine printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12824, 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: PP12824
Filed: April 25, 2001
Granted: August 6, 2002
Expires: May 6, 2021
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO MULTIFLORA B V
Inventor: VAN GAALEN IRENAEUS ANTONIUS M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Rubymine’, characterized by its unique green and pale yellow variegated foliage; upright plant habit; and numerous purple and light pink bi-colored flowers.

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 Phlox plant named ‘Rubymine’, as illustrated and described.

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