US Plant Patent PP16691

Belros

Lavender plant named ‘Belros’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 9, 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 47 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16691
Filed: April 23, 2005
Granted: June 20, 2006
Expires: June 9, 2025
Assignee: ROBB JOHN
Inventor: ROBB JOHN

Abstract

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

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

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