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US Plant Patent PP12678

Wesstar

Lobelia plant named ‘Wesstar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 1, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12678, the photograph of Wesstar printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12678, 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
PP12678
Filed
June 1, 1999
Granted
June 4, 2002
Expires
June 1, 2019
Assignee
JOSEF & HEINRICH WESTHOFF GART
Inventor
WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A distinctive cultivar of Lobelia, Lobelia erinus L., plant named ‘Wesstar’, characterized by its cascading and rounded plant habit; short internodes; dense and bushy plant form; vigorous growth habit; dark green leaves; and intense blue-colored flowers.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia, Lobelia erinus L., plant named ‘Wesstar’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12678 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.