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US Plant Patent PP14419

Cranberry Crush

Lobelia plant named ‘Cranberry Crush’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 20, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 15, 2023. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14419, the photograph of Cranberry Crush printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14419, 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
PP14419
Filed
January 15, 2003
Granted
December 23, 2003
Expires
January 20, 2023
Inventor
HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Lobelia plant characterized by a dwarf habit, and large deep red purple flowers.

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 hybrid of Lobelia plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by a dwarf habit and deep cranberry crimson flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14419 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.