Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP20681

Tech Darbule

Lobelia plant named ‘Tech Darbule’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 23, 2028.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20681, the photograph of Tech Darbule printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20681, 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
PP20681
Filed
September 23, 2008
Granted
January 26, 2010
Expires
September 23, 2028
Inventor
GIESEN ERIC

Abstract

A new Lobelia plant named ‘Tech Darbule,’ particularly distinguished by medium sized dark blue flowers with small white and darker blue markings, dark green foliage, lanceolate or oblanceolate leaves, freely branching and tight, semi-upright to slightly trailing plant habit, relatively compact and small to medium in size.

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 ‘Tech Darbule,’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20681 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.