US Plant Patent PP18280

Winter Lace

Lavandula plant named ‘Winter Lace’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 4, 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 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18280
Filed: May 4, 2006
Granted: December 4, 2007
Expires: June 4, 2026
Assignee: EGGLETON STEVEN
Inventor: EGGLETON STEVEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘WINTER LACE’ that is characterized by dense mounding habit, early blooming, fragrant grey-green foliage, fragrant violet flower spikes with large mid-violet sterile bracts. These traits set ‘WINTER 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 ‘WINTER LACE’ as described and illustrated herein.

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