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US Plant Patent PP13809

MACtro

Variety of canna named ‘MACtro’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 18, 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 PP13809, the photograph of MACtro printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13809, 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
PP13809
Filed
September 18, 2001
Granted
May 13, 2003
Expires
September 18, 2021
Inventor
MACCORMICK NEIL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of canna plant named ‘MACtro’ characterized by a dark to yellow-green leaf pattern having multiple linear inter-veinal stripes ranging from a yellow-green coloring which fades to a green-white as the plant matures and a prominent creamy yellow midrib. The leaves offering a vivid contrast to the yellow-orange 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 variety of Canna plant, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13809 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.