US Plant Patent PP18350

Lars

Heliconia plant named ‘Lars’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 12, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 2, 2026. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18350, the photograph of Lars printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18350, 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: PP18350
Filed: March 2, 2006
Granted: December 25, 2007
Expires: March 12, 2026
Assignee: PLANT PLANET B V
Inventor: BAAN ROBERT JACOB PIETER

Abstract

A new cultivar of Heliconia plant named ‘Lars’ that is characterized by a compact habit and small orange flowers that bloom throughout the entire year.

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 Heliconia plant named ‘Lars’ as described and illustrated.

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