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US Plant Patent PP16601

Lavang 12

Lavandula plant named ‘Lavang 12’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 5, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 25, 2024. This patent earned 102 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16601, the photograph of Lavang 12 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16601, 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
PP16601
Filed
September 25, 2004
Granted
May 30, 2006
Expires
January 5, 2025
Inventor
MCNAUGHTON VIRGINIA

Abstract

A new cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘Lavang 12’ that is characterized by long peduncle length, deep blue-violet spikes, large impressive habit and striking silver-grey foliage.

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 ‘Lavang 12’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16601 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.