US Plant Patent PP10897
Vanessa
Spathiphyllum plant named `Vanessa`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 12, 2018. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2018, but this patent ends 2 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP10897
- Filed
- January 14, 1998
- Granted
- May 11, 1999
- Expires
- January 12, 2018
- Assignee
- LANDWIRTSCHAFTSKAMMER WESER EM
- Inventor
- FAUPEL HANS
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named `Vanessa`, characterized by its upright and tall plant habit; rapid growth rate; large and numerous shiny dark green leaves that are held horizontal to the petiole; early flowering; numerous large white spathes that are positioned just above the foliage on strong and erect peduncles; and long-lasting spathes.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named `Vanessa`, as
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