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US Plant Patent PP8389

Emerald Swirl

Spathiphyllum plant named Emerald Swirl

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 24, 2012. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

The record

Patent number
PP8389
Filed
February 24, 1992
Granted
September 21, 1993
Expires
February 24, 2012

Abstract

A new and distinct Spathiphyllum plant named Emerald Swirl, characterized by its dark green glossy, thick and leathery leaves, numerous large flowers held closely above the foliage on strong pedicels, with the flowering habit resulting in substantially less cubic feet being required for shipping, and by the distinctive twist or swirl at the upper or outer ends of the leaves and flowers.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named Emerald Swirl, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8389 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.