US Plant Patent PP15692

Prairie Fire

Silene plant named ‘Prairie Fire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 21, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 8, 2024. This patent earned 44 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15692
Filed: March 8, 2004
Granted: March 22, 2005
Expires: April 21, 2024
Inventor: DIBOLL NEIL HART

Abstract

A new cultivar of Royal catchfly, Silene regia ‘Prairie Sunset’, characterized by its large, deep red flowers, its thick stems, its wide, ovate-shaped dark green leaves, and its usefulness as a cut flower.

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 plant named ‘Prairie Fire’ as herein illustrated and described.

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