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US Plant Patent PP15713

Junior

Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Junior’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 28, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 28, 2024. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15713, the photograph of Junior printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15713, 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
PP15713
Filed
January 28, 2004
Granted
April 5, 2005
Expires
March 28, 2024
Assignee
W A J BROUWER HOLDING B V
Inventor
BROUWER WILHELMUS A J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Junior’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly arching plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; broad dark green-colored leaves; white-colored spathes and creamy white-colored spadices that are positioned above the foliage on strong and erect peduncles; and good postproduction longevity.

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 Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Junior’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15713 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.