US Plant Patent PP16561
Dordogne
Lily plant named ‘Dordogne’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 9, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 27, 2023. This patent earned 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16561
- Filed
- June 27, 2003
- Granted
- May 23, 2006
- Expires
- July 9, 2023
- Assignee
- VLETTER & DEN HAAN BEHEER B V
- Inventor
- VAN DER VOORT CEES A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Lily plant named ‘Dordogne’ characterized by its large, upright, hot pink flowers with yellow and white center colors, and vigorous growth.
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 Lily plant named ‘Dordogne’, as illustrated and described herein.
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