US Plant Patent PP16997

Flaming Dragon

Saururus chinensis plant named ‘Flaming Dragon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 6, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 14, 2025. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16997
Filed: April 14, 2005
Granted: August 15, 2006
Expires: May 6, 2025
Assignee: E F HUGHES INC
Inventor: BRIGANTE DAVID

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Saururus chinensis plant characterized by gold, rather than green leaves.

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

1. A new and distinct Saururus chinensis plant as substantially illustrated and described.

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