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US Plant Patent PP12548

Sophia

Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Sophia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 13, 2020. 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.

Figure 4 of US plant patent PP12548, the photograph of Sophia printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12548, 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
PP12548
Filed
September 13, 2000
Granted
April 16, 2002
Expires
September 13, 2020
Assignee
TWYFORD PALNT LAB INC
Inventor
LAMB ANN E; LILLY DAVID R; ALLAMAND RANDY L

Abstract

A new Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Sophia’ characterized by its intermediate stature, dense branching, and its ovate white spathes held just above the foliage. The foliage of ‘Sophia’ is shiny and textured, with distinctive wavy margins. Plants of ‘Sophia’ is shiny and textured, with distinctive wavy margins. Plants of ‘Sophia’ grow quickly to marketable size, bloom and re-bloom quickly, and are adaptable to a variety of pots sizes from 15 cm through 25 cm. Plants of ‘Sophia’ are also well adapted to indoor conditions. These combined characteristics make ‘Sophia’ a unique new cultivar.

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 Spathiphylluin plant named ‘Sophia’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12548 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.