US Plant Patent PP14572

Blue Lagoon

Euphorbia plant named ‘Blue Lagoon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 6, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 15, 2023. 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 PP14572, the photograph of Blue Lagoon printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14572, 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: PP14572
Filed: January 15, 2003
Granted: March 2, 2004
Expires: February 6, 2023
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Euphorbia plant characterized by blue green leaves and a rhizomatous habit. The upright stems flower in their second year with a bright chartreuse inflorescence, which then fades to orange and red tones.

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 hybrid of Euphorbia plant substantially as shown and described.

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