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US Plant Patent PP14793

Buttercup

Verbascum plant named ‘Buttercup’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 13, 2023. 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 PP14793, the photograph of Buttercup printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14793, 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
PP14793
Filed
May 13, 2003
Granted
May 18, 2004
Expires
May 13, 2023
Assignee
FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor
OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Verbascum plant named ‘Buttercup’, characterized by its upright plant habit; freely flowering habit; and large yellow-colored flowers.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Verbascum plant named ‘Buttercup’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14793 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.