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US Plant Patent PP16831

Postmans Pride

Sedum plant named ‘Postmans Pride’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 3, 2025. This patent earned 104 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16831, the photograph of Postmans Pride printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16831, 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
PP16831
Filed
January 3, 2005
Granted
July 18, 2006
Expires
April 17, 2025
Assignee
DE BUCK JOSE
Inventor
DE BUCK JOSE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Sedum plant named ‘Postmans Pride’ that is characterized by a compact upright bushy habit and thick succulent very dark brown leaves. In combination these traits set ‘Postmans Pride’ apart from all other existing varieties of Sedum known to the inventor.

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 ‘Postmans Pride’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16831 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.