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US Plant Patent PP14792

Magic Lavender

Gladiolus plant named ‘Magic Lavender’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 17, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14792, the photograph of Magic Lavender printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14792, 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
PP14792
Filed
June 17, 2002
Granted
May 18, 2004
Expires
June 17, 2022
Inventor
ZIPPERER III JOHN O

Abstract

A new and distinct gladiolus variety, designated ‘Magic Lavender’, is shown and described. Compared to the ‘T-704’ variety, the ‘Magic Lavender’ variety produces spikes that are 8 cm taller and a head length that is 3 cm longer. The bloom of the variety comprises three large purple colored petals, two medium-sized purple colored petals, and one small white petal having a splash of purple fanning up the center of the petal.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct gladiolus plant, cultivar ‘Magic Lavender’, as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14792 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.