US Plant Patent PP12573

Bee Happy

Lavender plant named ‘Bee Happy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 4, 2020. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12573, the photograph of Bee Happy printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12573, 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: PP12573
Filed: December 4, 2000
Granted: April 23, 2002
Expires: December 4, 2020
Inventor: CHERRY ROBERT J

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Bee Happy’, characterized by its upright plant habit; dense and bushy plant form; vigorous growth habit; gray green-colored leaves; and purple-colored flower corollas with showy white-colored terminal flower bracts.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Bee Happy’, as illustrated and described.

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