US Plant Patent PP15231

Thumbelina Leigh

Lavandula plant named ‘Thumbelina Leigh’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 11, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 19, 2023. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15231, the photograph of Thumbelina Leigh printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15231, 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: PP15231
Filed: September 19, 2003
Granted: October 12, 2004
Expires: October 11, 2023
Inventor: HALL ELSIE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Lavandula angustifolia plant named ‘Thumbelina Leigh’ that is characterized by a compact rounded habit, violet-blue flowers, strong fragrance and repeat flowering. In combination, these traits set it 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.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Lavandula angustifolia plant named ‘Thumbelina Leigh’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15231 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.