US Plant Patent PP16565

Gautalwhi

Gaura plant named ‘Gautalwhi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 3, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 4, 2024. This patent earned 242 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16565, the photograph of Gautalwhi printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16565, 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: PP16565
Filed: October 4, 2004
Granted: May 23, 2006
Expires: June 3, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct Gaura plant named ‘Gautalwhi’, characterized by its white flowers, semi-spreading growth habit, abundant flowering and 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 ‘Gautalwhi’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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