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US Plant Patent PP12889

Florida Beauty

Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Florida Beauty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 5, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 31, 2020. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12889, the photograph of Florida Beauty printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12889, 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
PP12889
Filed
October 31, 2000
Granted
August 27, 2002
Expires
January 5, 2021
Assignee
TWYFORD PLANT LAB INC
Inventor
LAMB ANN E; LILLY DAVID R; ALLAMAND RANDY L

Abstract

A new Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Florida Beauty’ characterized by its large size and its large, elliptic, white spathes which are held well-above the foliage. The foliage of ‘Florida Beauty’ is dark-green, glossy and supple. Plants of ‘Florida Beauty’ are easy to grow and are tolerant of temperature extremes without damage to the foliage. The new cultivar is particularly well-adapted to, and durable in, indoor/interior scape conditions.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Florida Beauty’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12889 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.