US Patent Issued to ANTHURA on March 17 for "Anthurium plant named 'AN2181990'" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. PP37,335, issued on March 17, was assigned to ANTHURA B.V. (Bleiswijk, Netherlands).

"Anthurium plant named 'AN2181990'" was invented by Jan van Dijk (Bleiswijk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named 'AN2181990', characterized by its upright to outwardly arching plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; open inflorescences that are positioned above the foliar plane on strong scapes; ovate to broadly elliptic reddish orange-colored spathes; and reddish orange to red-colored spadices."

The patent was filed on...