US Plant Patent PP16562

Marsha

Gentiana plant named ‘Marsha’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 6, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2024. This patent earned 313 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16562
Filed: September 27, 2004
Granted: May 23, 2006
Expires: August 6, 2025
Assignee: DOFFERHOFF HANS
Inventor: DOFFERHOFF HANS

Abstract

A new cultivar of Gentian, Gentiana makinoi ‘Marsha’, characterized by its large, deep blue flowers borne on thick, strong stems combined with a plant habit that is compact, short and uniform in height.

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 Gentiana plant named ‘Marsha’ as herein illustrated and described.

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