US Plant Patent PP12132
Illumination
Vinca minor plant named ‘Illumination’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 14, 2019. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12132
- Filed
- June 14, 1999
- Granted
- October 9, 2001
- Expires
- June 14, 2019
- Inventor
- HENSLER CHRISTY ANN
Abstract
A new Vinca minor cultivar named ‘Illumination’ is characterized primarily by the unique variegation of its foliage. The mature foliage has creamy yellow centers surrounded by dark green margins. The stems of ‘Illumination’ are greyed purple in color when mature.
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 Vinca minor plant, as herein illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12132 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.