US Plant Patent PP17722

Loblilaca

Lobelia plant named ‘Loblilaca’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 31, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 9, 2025. This patent earned 52 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17722, the photograph of Loblilaca printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17722, 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: PP17722
Filed: September 9, 2005
Granted: May 15, 2007
Expires: October 31, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: OUD JOHANNES SIMON NICOLAAS

Abstract

A new Lobelia plant particularly distinguished by its spreading plant habit, strong branching, large flower size and light blue flower color.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Lobelia plant, named ‘Loblilaca,’ as illustrated and described herein.

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