US Plant Patent PP18539

Pretty Wendy

Aster plant named ‘Pretty Wendy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 24, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP18539, the photograph of Pretty Wendy printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18539, 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: PP18539
Filed: May 24, 2006
Granted: March 4, 2008
Expires: May 24, 2026
Assignee: NACHTVLINDER B V DE
Inventor: AKERBOOM PETRUS J

Abstract

A new and distinct Aster plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by a narrowly elliptic leafshape, more than two whorls of ray florets and a pure white ray floret color.

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 Aster plant named ‘PRETTY WENDY’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18539 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.