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US Plant Patent PP12321

Mèrel

Delphinium plant named ‘Mèrel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 16, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12321, the photograph of Mèrel printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12321, 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
PP12321
Filed
August 16, 2000
Granted
January 1, 2002
Expires
August 16, 2020
Assignee
FUTURE PLANTS V O F
Inventor
VAN VEEN JAN G

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Delphinium plant named ‘Mèrel’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit; strong flower stems; freely and continuous flowering habit; and large blue, purple and white semi-double 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 Delphinium plant named ‘Mèrel’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12321 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.