Nursery or breeding house
LACEBARK INC
18 US plant patents, granted between 2003 and 2024.
Filed under the LACEBARK name. Related entities are listed separately on the LACEBARK search, because a company and a person are not the same filer even when the name matches.
Still under patent — 12 cultivars
Soonest to come off patent first. You may not propagate these for sale until the date shown.
- WHIT IXPP23559Crapemyrtle plant named ‘WHIT IX’UNDER PATENTJuly 28, 2031
- WHIT XLVPP23957Sugar maple tree named ‘WHIT XLV’UNDER PATENTSeptember 20, 2031
- WHIT LPP27371Vitex plant named ‘WHIT L’UNDER PATENTJanuary 27, 2035
- WHIT XPP27085Crapemyrtle plant named‘WHIT X’UNDER PATENTMarch 31, 2035
- Whit XXIPP31721Hibiscus syriacus plant named ‘Whit XXI’UNDER PATENTDecember 10, 2038
- Whit XIPP31873Lagerstroemia indica plant named ‘Whit XI’UNDER PATENTFebruary 1, 2039
- Whit XXIIPP31751Hibiscus coccineus plant named ‘Whit XXII’UNDER PATENTFebruary 6, 2039
- Whit LXXIPP33504Indian grass plant named ‘Whit LXXI’UNDER PATENTDecember 23, 2040
- Whit LXXXIPP33515Heptacodium miconioides plant named ‘Whit LXXXI’UNDER PATENTJanuary 4, 2041
- Whit XXIXPP34687Southern wax myrtle or bayberry plant named ‘Whit XXIX’UNDER PATENTApril 18, 2042
- Whit XXXIVPP34798Cherry laurel plant named ‘Whit XXXIV’UNDER PATENTJune 13, 2042
- Whit XXVIPP35912River birch tree named ‘Whit XXVI’UNDER PATENTOctober 19, 2043
Already in the public domain — 6 cultivars
Most recently freed first. Anyone may propagate and sell these plants — though the name it is sold under may still be a live trademark.
- WHIT VIIIPP16616Crapemyrtle plant named ‘WHIT VIII’PUBLIC DOMAINMay 5, 2025
- Whit XXXPP16883Lacebark elm tree named ‘Whit XXX’PUBLIC DOMAINMarch 9, 2025
- WHIT XXVPP16573River birch tree named ‘WHIT XXV’PUBLIC DOMAINJanuary 17, 2025
- Whit XXPP15091Hibiscus plant named ‘Whit XX’PUBLIC DOMAINNovember 4, 2023
- Whit VIIPP14975Crape myrtle plant named ‘Whit VII’PUBLIC DOMAINDecember 16, 2022
- Whit VIPP14438Crape myrtle plant named ‘Whit VI’PUBLIC DOMAINJuly 3, 2022