US Plant Patent PP13609

White Gold

Spirea plant named ‘White Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 5, 2021. 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 PP13609, the photograph of White Gold printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13609, 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: PP13609
Filed: October 5, 2001
Granted: February 25, 2003
Expires: October 5, 2021
Inventor: CATT PETER

Abstract

A new cultivar of Spirea named ‘White Gold’ that is characterized by its hardiness, compact habit, golden foliage and clusters of diminutive cream-white flowers. In combination these traits set ‘White Gold’ apart from all other existing varieties of Spirea known to the inventor.

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 variety of Spirea plant named ‘White Gold’ as described and illustrated.

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