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US Plant Patent PP14077

Nagano

Heliotrope plant named ‘Nagano’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 19, 2021. 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 PP14077, the photograph of Nagano printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14077, 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
PP14077
Filed
April 19, 2001
Granted
August 19, 2003
Expires
April 19, 2021
Inventor
SCHMULLING MARKUS

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Heliotrope plant named ‘Nagano’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching, dense and bushy growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; and dark purple-colored fragrant flowers.

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 Heliotrope plant named Nagano, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14077 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.