US Plant Patent PP13953

Monite

Plumbago auriculata named ‘Monite’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 5, 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 PP13953, the photograph of Monite printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13953, 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: PP13953
Filed: April 5, 2001
Granted: July 8, 2003
Expires: April 5, 2021
Assignee: MONROVIA NURSERY CO
Inventor: CROCKER BRAD ALAN

Abstract

A new and distinct selection of Plumbago shrub, denominated as Plumbago auriculata named ‘Monite’ characterized by its unique combination of longer bloom season of a floriferous habit of white flowers with larger and wider petals and a more dense compact growth habit.

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 Plumbago auriculata plant named ‘Monite’ substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13953 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.