Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP21988

Tec Hewhitt

Lobelia plant named ‘Tec Hewhitt’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 1, 2030.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 20, 2030. This patent earned 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21988, the photograph of Tec Hewhitt printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21988, 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
PP21988
Filed
January 20, 2010
Granted
June 21, 2011
Expires
February 1, 2030
Inventor
GIESEN ERIC

Abstract

A new Lobelia plant named ‘Tec Hewhitt’ particularly distinguished by the large pure white flowers, medium green foliage, vigorous and well branched habit, and early flowering.

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 ‘Tec Hewhitt,’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21988 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.