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US Plant Patent PP16100

Bencamp 46

Campanula plant named ‘Bencamp 46’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 23, 2024. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16100, the photograph of Bencamp 46 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16100, 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
PP16100
Filed
August 23, 2004
Granted
November 8, 2005
Expires
September 14, 2024
Inventor
KRATZENBERG SABINE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Campanula plant named ‘Bencamp 46’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading growth habit; small violet-colored flowers; long flowering period; and good garden performance.

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 Campanula plant named ‘Bencamp 46’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16100 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.