US Plant Patent PP13603

Snow White

Portulaca plant named ‘Snow White’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 14, 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 PP13603, the photograph of Snow White printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13603, 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: PP13603
Filed: December 14, 2001
Granted: February 25, 2003
Expires: December 14, 2021
Inventor: STROET THEODORUS B J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant named ‘Snow White’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and trailing plant habit; freely branching growth habit; relatively rapid growth rate; double flower form; and 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 Portulaca plant named ‘Snow White’, as illustrated and described.

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