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US Plant Patent PP14975

Whit VII

Crape myrtle plant named ‘Whit VII’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 16, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 3, 2022. This patent earned 166 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14975, the photograph of Whit VII printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14975, 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
PP14975
Filed
July 3, 2002
Granted
July 6, 2004
Expires
December 16, 2022
Assignee
LACEBARK INC
Inventor
WHITCOMB CARL

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica , which is characterized by a slow to moderate growth habit; leathery leaves which emerge crimson and quickly change to medium green; moderate seed set; inflorescences which are 8 to 16 inches tall and 6 to 10 inches wide; flower buds which are oxblood red; and flowers with tightly grouped and highly wrinkled petals. The new variety is also characterized by a long bloom period.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of crape myrtle plant, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14975 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.