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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP21988
- Filed
- January 20, 2010
- Granted
- June 21, 2011
- Expires
- February 1, 2030
- Assignee
- SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
- 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.
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