US Plant Patent PP15236

Lilac Candles

Lobelia plant named ‘Lilac Candles’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 1, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 30, 2023. This patent earned 63 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15236, the photograph of Lilac Candles printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15236, 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: PP15236
Filed: June 30, 2003
Granted: October 19, 2004
Expires: September 1, 2023
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant characterized by a dwarf habit, and strong, short flowering stems of numerous lilac-colored 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 cultivar of Lobelia siphilitica plant substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15236 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.