US Plant Patent PP17322

Jaws

Sedum plant named ‘Jaws’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 23, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 20, 2025. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17322
Filed: September 20, 2005
Granted: December 26, 2006
Expires: September 23, 2025
Assignee: CLIFFORD JOHN K, CLIFFORD KEN J
Inventor: CLIFFORD JOHN K; CLIFFORD KEN J

Abstract

A new cultivar of Sedum, Sedum ‘Jaws’, characterized by its blue-green foliage that is unique in having leaves with deep, sharp serrated margins that are cupped with curled edges. The leaves resemble shark's teeth.

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 ‘Jaws’ as herein illustrated and described.

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