US Plant Patent PP14423

Lauren

Rhipsalidopsis plant named ‘Lauren’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 24, 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 PP14423, the photograph of Lauren printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14423, 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: PP14423
Filed: December 24, 2001
Granted: December 30, 2003
Expires: December 24, 2021
Assignee: BAY CITY FLOWER CO
Inventor: PADUCH LOUIS

Abstract

A new and distinct plant variety of the Cactaceae family produced in a controlled hybridization named Rhipsalidopsis ‘Lauren’. Rhipsalidopsis ‘Lauren’ has a strong growth habit, a “pinkish” colored bloom, a strong propensity to branch with minimal pruning, erect stems, and flowers stay open for two weeks.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct hybrid plant of Cactaceae family substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14423 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.