US Plant Patent PP15599

Ivory Hearts

Variety of Dicentra plant named ‘Ivory Hearts’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 20, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 16, 2023. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15599, the photograph of Ivory Hearts printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15599, 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: PP15599
Filed: April 16, 2003
Granted: March 1, 2005
Expires: April 20, 2023
Assignee: WALTER BLOM & ZOON B V
Inventor: SHIOZAKI AKIRA

Abstract

A new and distinct Dicentra peregrina×eximia plant with a compact habit and long flowering period.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Dicentra peregrina×eximia plant substantially as shown and described.

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