US Plant Patent PP17002

Passionate Rainbow

Gaura plant named ‘Passionate Rainbow’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 22, 2024. This patent earned 185 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17002
Filed: March 22, 2004
Granted: August 15, 2006
Expires: September 23, 2024
Assignee: EGGLETON STEVEN
Inventor: EGGLETON STEVEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Gaura plant named ‘Passionate Rainbow’ characterized by dense growth habit, red-pink and cream-white variegation, and red-pink flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Passionate Rainbow’ 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 ‘Passionate Rainbow’ as described and illustrated herein.

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