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US Plant Patent PP24352

SPARKLE

Vriesea plant named ‘SPARKLE’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 4, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 13, 2032. This patent earned 113 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24352, the photograph of SPARKLE printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24352, 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
PP24352
Filed
April 13, 2012
Granted
March 25, 2014
Expires
August 4, 2032
Assignee
CORN BAK BV, BAK ELLY, STEUR NICOLAAS D M
Inventor
BAK ELLY; STEUR NICOLAAS D M

Abstract

A new and distinct Vriesea plant named ‘SPARKLE’ characterized as a funnel form rosette plant, measuring about 35 cm to 40 cm in height (when flowering) and 30 cm to 35 cm in diameter, producing compound, red-orange in color (RHS 34A), bipinate spike inflorescence, measuring about 22-25 cm in height and about 13 cm in diameter, about 5 to 6 branches, and yellow-green foliage, measuring about 18-25 cm in length and about 3.5 cm to 4 cm in width.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct Vriesea plant named ‘SPARKLE’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24352 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.