US Plant Patent PP15403

Vera Lynn

Bougainvillea plant named ‘Vera Lynn’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 20, 2024. 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 PP15403, the photograph of Vera Lynn printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15403, 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: PP15403
Filed: March 20, 2004
Granted: December 7, 2004
Expires: March 20, 2024
Assignee: RIJNPLANT BV
Inventor: VAN RIJN LEONARDUS W B M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Bougainvillea plant named ‘Vera Lynn’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and compact growth habit; thornless stems; roughly spherical inflorescences with numerous flowers; and pink-colored flower bracts.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Bougainvillea plant named ‘Vera Lynn’, as illustrated and described.

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