US Plant Patent PP16301

Elegant Lady

Anisodontea plant named ‘Elegant Lady’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 30, 2024. This patent earned 58 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16301, the photograph of Elegant Lady printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16301, 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: PP16301
Filed: November 30, 2004
Granted: February 28, 2006
Expires: January 27, 2025
Assignee: FICK PAUL JOHANNES HENDRIK
Inventor: FICK PAUL JOHANNES HENDRIK

Abstract

A new and distinct Anisodontea plant named ‘Elegant Lady’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; tri-lobed leaves; freely flowering habit; and large light purple-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct Anisodontea plant named ‘Elegant Lady’, as illustrated and described.

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