US Plant Patent PP16860

Bellav

Lavender plant named ‘Bellav’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 23, 2025. This patent earned 82 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16860
Filed: April 23, 2005
Granted: July 25, 2006
Expires: July 14, 2025
Assignee: ROBB JOHN
Inventor: ROBB JOHN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Bellav’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit, dense and bushy plant form; vigorous growth habit; and dark purple-colored flowers with pale purple-colored terminal flower bracts.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Bellav’, as illustrated and described.

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