US Plant Patent PP13898

Red Rum

Lavatera plant named ‘Red Rum’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 31, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 17, 2021. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP13898
Filed: July 17, 2001
Granted: June 17, 2003
Expires: July 31, 2021
Inventor: RIGNEY KEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Lavatera named ‘Red Rum’ that is characterized by a compact habit, dark stems and red flowers in terminal clusters. In combination these traits set ‘Red Rum’ apart from all other existing varieties of Lavatera 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 Lavatera plant named ‘Red Rum’, as described and illustrated.

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