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US Plant Patent PP18085

Bronco

Sedum plant named ‘Bronco’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 31, 2025. This patent earned 179 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18085, the photograph of Bronco printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18085, 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
PP18085
Filed
May 31, 2005
Granted
September 25, 2007
Expires
November 26, 2025
Inventor
OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Sedum plant named ‘Bronco’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; relatively short peduncles; and yellow green-colored flowers.

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 Sedum plant named ‘Bronco’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18085 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.