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US Plant Patent PP17314

Matthew Flinders

Callistemon plant named ‘Matthew Flinders’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 24, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 18, 2025. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17314, the photograph of Matthew Flinders printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17314, 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
PP17314
Filed
August 18, 2005
Granted
December 26, 2006
Expires
September 24, 2025
Assignee
KEOGH TERRY, KEOGH JOCELYN MARY
Inventor
KEOGH TERRY; KEOGH JOCELYN MARY

Abstract

A new variety of Callistemon viminalis plant named ‘Matthew Flinders’ that is characterized by dwarf and compact habit, fine leaves and numerous bright red “bottle brush” type flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Matthew Flinders’ apart from all other existing varieties of Callistemon known to the inventor.

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 Callistemon viminalis plant named ‘Matthew Flinders’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17314 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.