US Plant Patent PP12764

Silvermine

Phlox plant named ‘Silvermine’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 25, 2021. 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 PP12764, the photograph of Silvermine printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12764, 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: PP12764
Filed: April 25, 2001
Granted: July 9, 2002
Expires: April 25, 2021
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO MULTIFLORA B V
Inventor: VAN GAALEN IRENAEUS ANTONIUS M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Silvermine’, characterized by its unique green and pale yellow variegated foliage; upright plant habit; and numerous white-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 ‘Silvermine’, as illustrated and described.

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