US Plant Patent PP13354

Aztec Gold

Veronica prostrata plant named ‘Aztec Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 25, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2020. This patent earned 59 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13354, the photograph of Aztec Gold printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13354, 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: PP13354
Filed: September 27, 2000
Granted: December 17, 2002
Expires: November 25, 2020
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: HEIMS DAN M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica prostrata plant characterized by a unique combination of gold foliage, violet-blue flowers, and sun tolerance.

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 Veronica prostrata plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by a unique combination of gold foliage, violet-blue flowers, and sun tolerance.

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