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US Plant Patent PP17112

YAPCOR

Phygelius plant named ‘YAPCOR’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 23, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 7, 2025. This patent earned 136 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17112, the photograph of YAPCOR printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17112, 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
PP17112
Filed
February 7, 2005
Granted
September 26, 2006
Expires
June 23, 2025
Inventor
YATES FREDERIC CHARLES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Phygelius named ‘YAPCOR’ that is characterized by a compact well-branched habit, burgundy stems and deep coral-pink pendulous flowers. In combination these traits set ‘YAPCOR’ apart from all other existing varieties of Phygelius known to the inventor.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of Phygelius plant named ‘YAPCOR’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17112 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.