US Plant Patent PP16257

Raspberry Mousse

Tricyrtis plant named ‘Raspberry Mousse’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 8, 2024. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16257, the photograph of Raspberry Mousse printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16257, 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: PP16257
Filed: November 8, 2004
Granted: February 14, 2006
Expires: January 7, 2025
Assignee: SUNNY BORDER NURSERIES INC
Inventor: LAVIANA MARC R

Abstract

A new cultivar of Tricyrtis hirta ‘Raspberry Mousse’ characterized by its red flowers that are spotted and marked with deep purple and borne in a thick column on arching stems.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Tricytis hirta plant named ‘Raspberry Mousse’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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