Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP16064

Valley High

Silene dioica plant named ‘Valley High’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 18, 2024. This patent earned 140 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16064, the photograph of Valley High printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16064, 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
PP16064
Filed
June 18, 2004
Granted
October 25, 2005
Expires
November 5, 2024
Inventor
JANSEN ROBERT D

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Silene dioica plant given the cultivar name ‘Valley High’ characterized by creamy yellow leaves with irregular olive green centers and excellent vigor.

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 Silene dioica plant given the cultivar name ‘Valley High’ as illustrated and described characterized by creamy yellow leaves with irregular olive green centers and excellent vigor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16064 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.