US Plant Patent PP16120

Perky Pink

Gaura plant named ‘Perky Pink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 9, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 19, 2024. This patent earned 20 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16120
Filed: April 19, 2004
Granted: November 15, 2005
Expires: May 9, 2024
Assignee: HAMMOND FRANK
Inventor: HAMMOND FRANK

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Gaura plant named ‘Perky Pink’, characterized by its compact and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; and light pink-colored flowers.

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 ‘Perky Pink’, as illustrated and described.

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