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US Plant Patent PP17392

Rolly's Favorite

Lychnis plant named ‘Rolly's Favorite’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 19, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 14, 2025. This patent earned 35 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17392, the photograph of Rolly's Favorite printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17392, 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
PP17392
Filed
June 14, 2005
Granted
January 30, 2007
Expires
July 19, 2025
Inventor
OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lychnis plant named ‘Rolly's Favorite’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely basal clumping growth habit; dense and bushy plants; freely flowering habit; and bright red purple-colored flowers.

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 Lychnis plant named ‘Rolly's Favorite’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17392 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.