US Plant Patent PP18254

Violet Lace

Lavandula plant named ‘Violet Lace’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 28, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 4, 2026. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18254
Filed: May 4, 2006
Granted: November 27, 2007
Expires: May 28, 2026
Assignee: EGGLETON STEVEN
Inventor: EGGLETON STEVEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘VIOLET LACE’ that is characterized by upright open habit, early blooming, fragrant green foliage, fragrant red-purple flower spikes with small greyed-purple sterile bracts. These traits set ‘VIOLET LACE’ 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 ‘VIOLET LACE’ as described and illustrated herein.

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