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US Plant Patent PP18297

Liberty Bell

Lantana plant named ‘Liberty Bell’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 22, 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 PP18297, the photograph of Liberty Bell printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18297, 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
PP18297
Filed
May 22, 2006
Granted
December 11, 2007
Expires
May 22, 2026
Inventor
MESZAROS DEBRA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Liberty Bell’, characterized by its compact, mounding and outwardly spreading growth habit; freely branching plant habit; yellow-green and dark green variegated foliage; freely flowering habit; and yellow and white-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct Lantana plant named ‘Liberty Bell’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18297 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.