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US Plant Patent PP15791

Dali Marble

Sanguisorba plant named ‘Dali Marble’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 10, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 9, 2024. This patent earned 61 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15791, the photograph of Dali Marble printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15791, 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
PP15791
Filed
February 9, 2004
Granted
June 7, 2005
Expires
April 10, 2024
Assignee
SUNNY BORDER NURSERIES INC
Inventor
BENNERUP PIERRE ROBERT

Abstract

The new cultivar, Sanguisorba menziesii ‘Dali Marble’, characterized by its variegated foliage; exhibiting green centers with white margins and red-purple flower spikes in late summer and fall.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Sanguisorba plant named ‘Dali Marble’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15791 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.