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US Plant Patent PP14557

My Melody

Gaura lindheimeri plant named ‘My Melody’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 4, 2022. 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 1 of US plant patent PP14557, the photograph of My Melody printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14557, 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
PP14557
Filed
November 4, 2002
Granted
February 24, 2004
Expires
November 4, 2022
Assignee
NICHIEN CO LTD
Inventor
KATAOKA MICHIO

Abstract

A new and distinct Gaura lindheimeri plant with white flowers and a long blooming season.

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 Gaura lindheimeri plant substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14557 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.