US Plant Patent PP15479

Bijou Butterflies

Gaura plant named ‘Bijou Butterflies’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 30, 2023. 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 PP15479, the photograph of Bijou Butterflies printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15479, 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: PP15479
Filed: September 30, 2003
Granted: January 11, 2005
Expires: September 30, 2023
Inventor: EGGLETON STEVEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Gaura plant named ‘Bijou Butterflies’ a perennial, characterized by dense compact, upright habit, dark purple stems, variegated green foliage with rose-purple margins, and red-purple flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Bijou Butterflies’ apart from all other existing varieties of Gaura known to the inventor.

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 Gaura plant named ‘Bijou Butterflies’ as described and illustrated.

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