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US Plant Patent PP13016

Maria

Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Maria’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 4, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 2, 2021. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13016, the photograph of Maria printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13016, 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
PP13016
Filed
May 2, 2001
Granted
September 24, 2002
Expires
May 4, 2021
Assignee
TWYFORD INTERNAT INC
Inventor
LAMB ANN ELIZABETH; LILLY DAVID R

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Maria’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly arching and symmetrical plant habit; large and broad glossy dark green leaves with slightly undulate leaf margins and thick petioles; rapid growth rate; and large pure white spathes that are positioned well above the foliage on strong, thick and erect peduncles.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Maria’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13016 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.