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US Plant Patent PP16295

Weslowhite

Lobelia plant named ‘Weslowhite’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 2, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 20, 2024. This patent earned 104 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16295, the photograph of Weslowhite printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16295, 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
PP16295
Filed
March 20, 2004
Granted
February 28, 2006
Expires
July 2, 2024
Inventor
WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named ‘Weslowhite’, characterized by its cascading plant habit; freely branching habit with short internodes; dense and bushy plant form; continuously and freely flowering habit; densely pubescent leaves; white-colored flowers; and relatively tolerant to high temperatures.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named ‘Weslowhite’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16295 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.