US Plant Patent PP12821

Cobra Nest

Sarracenia plant named ‘Cobra Nest’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 3, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 1, 2021. 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 PP12821, the photograph of Cobra Nest printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12821, 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: PP12821
Filed: February 1, 2001
Granted: August 6, 2002
Expires: April 3, 2021
Inventor: BOOMAN JAMES LAWRENCE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Sarracenia plant named ‘Cobra Nest’ characterized by its compact and dense plants with numerous leaves; relatively rapid growth rate; and upright, stong and burgundy-colored leaves with large undulating lids.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Sarracenia plant named ‘Cobra Nest’ as illustrated and described.

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