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US Plant Patent PP14015

Irish Spring

Pulmonaria plant named ‘Irish Spring’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 12, 2022. 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 PP14015, the photograph of Irish Spring printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14015, 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
PP14015
Filed
June 12, 2002
Granted
July 22, 2003
Expires
June 12, 2022
Assignee
TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor
HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Pulmonaria plant characterized by lime green blotches and spots over contrasting deep green foliage and purple pink flowers changing to deep violet blue, and with mildew resistance.

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 cultivar of Pulmonaria plant as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14015 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.