US Plant Patent PP16390

Ningili

Bougainvillea plant named ‘Ningili’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 18, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 23, 2024. This patent earned 118 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16390
Filed: October 23, 2004
Granted: March 28, 2006
Expires: February 18, 2025
Assignee: BOUGAINVILLEA NURSERY
Inventor: IREDELL PETER; IREDELL JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Bougainvillea plant named ‘Ningili’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and bushy plant habit; vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and light red purple-colored flower bracts.

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 Bougainvillea plant named ‘Ningili’, as illustrated and described.

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