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US Plant Patent PP15478

Inovera

Lavatera plant named ‘Inovera’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 6, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15478, the photograph of Inovera printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15478, 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
PP15478
Filed
August 6, 2003
Granted
January 11, 2005
Expires
August 6, 2023
Assignee
AGRI OBTENTIONS S A
Inventor
CADIC M ALAIN

Abstract

A new and distinct red-flowered Lavatera plant is provided that is a somaclonal mutation of the ‘Breedon's Spring’ cultivar (non-patented in the United States). Callus culture and regeneration were carried out and the new variety was selected from the resulting plants. The new cultivar can be readily distinguished from the parent cultivar by the presence of larger and deeper pink flowers, a compact well-branched growth habit, and the presence of attractive relatively thick tomentose leaves. The new cultivar also is a tetraploid unlike the parent cultivar.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Lavatera plant that is a somaclonal mutation of the ‘Breedon's Spring’ cultivar having the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive larger and deeper pink flowers than the ‘Breedon's Spring’ cultivar, (b) displays a compact, well-branched growth habit, and (c) forms attractive relatively thick tomentose leaves, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15478 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.