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US Plant Patent PP31248

Thunderbird

X Mangave plant named ‘Thunderbird’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 6, 2039.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31248, the photograph of Thunderbird printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31248, 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
PP31248
Filed
March 6, 2019
Granted
December 17, 2019
Expires
March 6, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique x Mangave plant named ‘Thunderbird’ characterized by a rounded mound of fleshy, short, fleshy, slightly cupped, gladiate to lanceolate leaves that develop densely concentrated reddish mottling with intense light. The leaves are predominately upwardly pointing in center portion of the plant and outwardly and curving upwardly in the outer portion of plant. The leaves have numerous small, firm marginal teeth and small, sharp, apical mucro. The new plant is suitable for the garden or as a potted plant in the garden or home.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental x Mangave plant named ‘Thunderbird’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31248 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.