US Plant Patent PP17858

Lemon Zest

Erysimum plant named ‘Lemon Zest’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 12, 2025. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP17858
Filed: December 12, 2005
Granted: July 10, 2007
Expires: December 12, 2025
Assignee: INNOVA PLANT GMBH & CO KG
Inventor: HERDEGEN SUSANNE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Erysimum plant named ‘Lemon Zest’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early flowering habit; and numerous light yellow-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 cultivar of Erysimum plant named ‘Lemon Zest’, as illustrated and described.

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