US Plant Patent PP17403

Gaudwwhi

Gaura plant named ‘Gaudwwhi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 5, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 3, 2024. This patent earned 245 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17403
Filed: December 3, 2004
Granted: February 13, 2007
Expires: August 5, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct Guara plant named ‘Gaudwwhi’, characterized by its big, white flowers, upright growth habit, and dark green foliage.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Gaura lindheimeri plant named ‘Gaudwwhi’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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