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US Plant Patent PP20887

Witch Doctor

Solenostemon plant named ‘Witch Doctor’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 12, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20887, the photograph of Witch Doctor printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20887, 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
PP20887
Filed
November 12, 2008
Granted
March 23, 2010
Expires
November 12, 2028
Inventor
TRAVEN LLOYD; REPP RALPH J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Solenostemon plant named ‘Witch Doctor’, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; purple-colored stems; and deeply lobed green-colored leaves with dark purple-colored margins and venation.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Solenostemon plant named ‘Witch Doctor’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20887 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.