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US Plant Patent PP29553

SMNVPTFD

Viburnum plant named ‘SMNVPTFD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 11, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 2, 2036. This patent earned 40 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29553, the photograph of SMNVPTFD printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29553, 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
PP29553
Filed
December 2, 2016
Granted
July 31, 2018
Expires
January 11, 2037
Inventor
WOOD TIMOTHY

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Viburnum plant named ‘SMNVPTFD’ is disclosed, characterized by a distinctive low growing, prostrate plant habit. Plants produce large, showy white flowers. The new variety is a Viburnum normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Viburnum plant named ‘SMNVPTFD’ as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29553 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.