US Plant Patent PP13960

Sweet Benito

Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Sweet Benito’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 19, 2022. 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 1 of US plant patent PP13960, the photograph of Sweet Benito printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13960, 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: PP13960
Filed: February 19, 2002
Granted: July 8, 2003
Expires: February 19, 2022
Assignee: POTHOS PLANT B V
Inventor: OLSTHOORN PETRUS C M

Abstract

A new and distinct Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Sweet Benito’ characterized by having early shoot production, dark and glossy leaves, long-lasting inflorescence color and duration, high inflorescence production, compact plant size, and good light sensitivity/resistance of leaves.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Sweet Benito’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13960 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.