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US Plant Patent PP18305

Blueberry Ruffles

Lavandula plant named ‘Blueberry Ruffles’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 20, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 16, 2026. This patent earned 35 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18305, the photograph of Blueberry Ruffles printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18305, 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
PP18305
Filed
May 16, 2006
Granted
December 11, 2007
Expires
June 20, 2026
Assignee
EGGLETON STEVEN
Inventor
EGGLETON STEVEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘BLUEBERRY RUFFLES’ that is characterized by dense plant habit, early and repeat flowering, large fragrant purple flower spikes with violet-purple medium length sterile bracts. In combination, these traits set ‘BLUEBERRY RUFFLES’ apart from all other existing varieties of Lavandula known to the inventor.

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 Lavandula plant named ‘BLUEBERRY RUFFLES’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18305 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.