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US Plant Patent PP13688

Gilty Pleasure

Tricyrtis plant named ‘Gilty Pleasure’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 27, 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 PP13688, the photograph of Gilty Pleasure printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13688, 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
PP13688
Filed
September 27, 2001
Granted
April 1, 2003
Expires
September 27, 2021
Assignee
TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor
HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Tricyrtis formosana plant characterized by a vigorous habit, gold colored leaves and purple spotted flowers.

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 hybrid of Tricyrtis formosana plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by gold colored leaves, vigor and purple spotted flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13688 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.