US Plant Patent PP17870

Praise Hymn

Lantana plant named ‘Praise Hymn’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 8, 2025. This patent earned 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17870, the photograph of Praise Hymn printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17870, 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: PP17870
Filed: November 8, 2005
Granted: July 17, 2007
Expires: November 16, 2025
Assignee: COVINGTON JIM
Inventor: COVINGTON JIM

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Praise Hymn’, characterized by its mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; flowers initially golden yellow in color becoming purple with development; and excellent garden performance.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Praise Hymn’, as illustrated and described.

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