US Plant Patent PP14976

RFD-S016

Salvia plant named ‘RFD-S016’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 16, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 28, 2022. This patent earned 110 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14976, the photograph of RFD-S016 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14976, 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: PP14976
Filed: June 28, 2002
Granted: July 6, 2004
Expires: October 16, 2022
Inventor: DUFRESNE RICHARD FREDERICK

Abstract

A new cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘RFD-S016’ that is distinguished by its rich, clear orange-red color. This trait sets ‘RFD-S016’ apart from all other existing varieties of Salvia known to the inventor.

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 Salvia plant named ‘RFD-S016’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14976 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.