US Plant Patent PP18821

Tropical Fruit

Lantana plant named ‘Tropical Fruit’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 8, 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 PP18821, the photograph of Tropical Fruit printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18821, 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: PP18821
Filed: September 8, 2006
Granted: May 20, 2008
Expires: September 8, 2026
Assignee: REPP RALPH J
Inventor: REPP RALPH J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Tropical Fruit’, characterized by its mounding and outwardly spreading growth habit; freely branching plant habit; yellow-green and dark green variegated foliage; freely flowering habit; and yellow-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliage.

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 ‘Tropical Fruit’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18821 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.