US Plant Patent PP17361

Spotty Dotty

Podophyllum plant named ‘Spotty Dotty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 3, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 29, 2025. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17361, the photograph of Spotty Dotty printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17361, 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: PP17361
Filed: June 29, 2005
Granted: January 16, 2007
Expires: September 3, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Podophyllum plant characterized by beautiful large umbrella-shaped, lobed leaves with an attractive brown-spotted spring color followed by green leaves with lighter spots and larger maroon red flowers in clusters.

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 Podophyllum plant as herein illustrated and described.

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