US Plant Patent PP18887
Bidolbe
Bidens ferulifolia plant named ‘Bidolbe’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 7, 2027.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 15, 2026. This patent earned 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP18887
- Filed
- December 15, 2006
- Granted
- June 3, 2008
- Expires
- January 7, 2027
- Assignee
- SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
- Inventor
- VAN KLEINWEE THEODORUS CORNELI; HOUBRAKEN ANNA M W P
Abstract
A new Bidens plant named ‘Bidolbe’ particularly distinguished by its very compact plant habit, short internodes, golden yellow flowers, and hardly any seed set.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct variety of Bidens plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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