US Plant Patent PP17014

Curly Lady

Camellia plant named ‘Curly Lady’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 5, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 28, 2025. This patent earned 97 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17014
Filed: January 28, 2005
Granted: August 22, 2006
Expires: May 5, 2025
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO
Inventor: VINK HUBERTUS JOZEF MARIA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Camellia plant named ‘Curly Lady’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; spirally twisting lateral branches; freely branching growth habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; and large semi-double red-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct Camellia plant named ‘Curly Lady’, as illustrated and described.

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