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US Plant Patent PP16708

VRSP100

Vriesea plant named ‘VRSP100’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 24, 2024. This patent earned 54 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16708, the photograph of VRSP100 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16708, 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
PP16708
Filed
December 24, 2004
Granted
June 20, 2006
Expires
February 16, 2025
Assignee
FELL JR DAVID N
Inventor
FELL JR DAVID N

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Vriesea plant named ‘VRSP100’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; attractive foliage with distinct contrasting light green and dabrk green crossbands and random spots; relatively short leaves arranged in a dense rosettes; and upright and long non-branching inflorescences with conspicuous bright red-colored flower bracts.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Vriesea plant named ‘VRSP100’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16708 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.