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US Plant Patent PP17057

Fan

Schefflera plant named ‘Fan’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 5, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17057, the photograph of Fan printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17057, 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
PP17057
Filed
October 5, 2004
Granted
August 22, 2006
Expires
October 5, 2024
Assignee
ANDERSON ERIC T, PITTMAN PETER
Inventor
ANDERSON ERIC T; PITTMAN PETER

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Schefflera arboricola plant named ‘Fan’, characterized by its upright plant habit: rapid growth rate; closely-spaced leaves and parted palmate leaves that are palmately veined, very glossy and dark green which give a dense full appearance.

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 Schefflera arboricola plant named ‘Fan’, as illustrated and described characterized particularly as to uniqueness of a single parted palmate leaf per lateral stem having on average 5 to 8 tips.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17057 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.