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US Plant Patent PP24939

Wintergreen

Sansevieria plant named ‘Wintergreen’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 22, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 30, 2032. This patent earned 84 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24939, the photograph of Wintergreen printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24939, 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
PP24939
Filed
November 30, 2012
Granted
September 30, 2014
Expires
February 22, 2033
Assignee
FLORICA FARMS INC
Inventor
QUESADA JULIO ANTONIO ARAYA

Abstract

The new variety ‘Wintergreen’ is part of the “long leaves Sansevieria” varieties. It can reach 80 cm in length, with an average of approximately 5-7 leaves per plant. The plant is cylindrically shaped, the arrangement of the leaves is in the form of a rosette. Shows colors very different from its parent variety (‘Bantels Sensation’, unpatented) Unlike its parent variety it shows variegated bands on the leaves, and the margins are dark green, as its parental variety, but ‘Wintergreen’ presents more leaves per rosette.

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 Sansevieria plant named ‘Wintergreen’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24939 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.