US Plant Patent PP17250

Lob Bule

Lobelia plant named ‘Lob Bule’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 18, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP17250
Filed: August 18, 2005
Granted: November 28, 2006
Expires: August 18, 2025
Assignee: GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
Inventor: GIESEN ERIC

Abstract

A new Lobelia plant particularly distinguished by its compact, mounded, and pendant plant habit, short internodes, and large flower size with a very intense cobalt blue color is disclosed.

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

1. A new and distinct Lobelia plant, named ‘Lob Bule’, as shown and described herein.

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