US Plant Patent PP14681

RFD-S019

Salvia plant named ‘RFD-S019’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 17, 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 19 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14681, the photograph of RFD-S019 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14681, 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: PP14681
Filed: June 28, 2002
Granted: April 6, 2004
Expires: July 17, 2022
Inventor: DUFRESNE RICHARD FREDERICK

Abstract

A new cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘RFD-S019’ that is distinguished by its rich, clear true pink color and white throat markings. In combination these traits set ‘RFD-S019’ 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-S019’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14681 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.