White Nugget

White Nugget

Plant patent for Delosperma plant named ‘White Nugget’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 24, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 9, 2022. This patent earned 229 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15793, the photograph of White Nugget printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15793, 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.

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Delosperma named ‘White Nugget’, the novel characteristics of which reside particularly in its low and compact growing pattern, compact glassy pale foliage, unique white flower, exceptional cold-heartiness, repeated blooming pattern throughout the spring and ability to grow well in a wide-variety of soils and regions.

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

1. A new and distinctive variety of Delosperma plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of its ability to exhibit low and compact spreading, exhibit pale foliage, demonstrate compact glossy foliage, exhibit exceptional cold-heartiness, exhibit blooms repeatedly all spring, ability to grow well in a variety of soils, ability to grow well in a variety of regions and its novel white flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15793 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

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