US Plant Patent PP16422

Mara

Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Mara’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 12, 2024. This patent earned 339 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16422, the photograph of Mara printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16422, 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: PP16422
Filed: August 12, 2004
Granted: April 11, 2006
Expires: July 17, 2025
Assignee: CORNELIS DANIEL
Inventor: CORNELIS DANIEL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Mara’ that is characterized by upright strong leaves with undulate margins, minimal shoots and consistent flowering.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Mara’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16422 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.