US Plant Patent PP17760

Purple Heart

Calla lily plant named ‘Purple Heart’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 13, 2025. This patent earned 63 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17760
Filed: July 13, 2005
Granted: May 22, 2007
Expires: September 14, 2025
Assignee: BLOOMZ LTD
Inventor: WARREN ANDREW G F; SPAANS JACOBUS P

Abstract

A calla lily plant particularly distinguished by its purple-black flower color, higher flower count, and leaves with white maculation is described.

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 calla lily plant as shown and described herein.

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