US Plant Patent PP12953

Light Lavender II

Cuphea plant named ‘Light Lavender II’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 15, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 13, 2021. This patent earned 32 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP12953
Filed: April 13, 2001
Granted: September 10, 2002
Expires: May 15, 2021
Inventor: ROTHER REINHARD W

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Cuphea plant named ‘Light Lavender II’, characterized by its compact, upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; glossy dark green leaves; and numerous small light purple-colored flowers.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Cuphea plant named ‘Light Lavender

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