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US Plant Patent PP18468

Audelbley

Aubrieta plant named ‘Audelbley’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 27, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 14, 2026. This patent earned 13 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18468, the photograph of Audelbley printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18468, 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
PP18468
Filed
July 14, 2006
Granted
January 29, 2008
Expires
July 27, 2026
Inventor
GUTTER MARTIEN

Abstract

A new Aubrieta plant, characterized particularly as to novelty by the early flowering, the blue flowers with white yellow eye, the broad leaves and the compact growth habit.

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 Aubrieta plant named ‘Audelbley,’ as substantially illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18468 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.