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US Plant Patent PP19976

Lemon

Helichrysum plant named ‘Lemon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 31, 2026. 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 PP19976, the photograph of Lemon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19976, 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
PP19976
Filed
July 31, 2006
Granted
May 12, 2009
Expires
July 31, 2026
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO
Inventor
BAUTISTA RODOLFO VALDOZ

Abstract

A plant variety of the Helichrysum family resulting from a controlled crossing of the patented variety Helihrysum bracteatum×splendidum ‘Harvest Sun II’ (the subject of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,800) and Helichrysum bracteatum ‘Harvest Plum’ (the subject of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,742). The new variety named ‘Lemon’ has blooms of R.H.S. 5 B (yellow group). The new variety has an erect but compact growth habit, and can be easily forced in pots.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Helichrysum plant, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19976 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.