US Plant Patent PP18310

Baby Blue

Myosotis plant named ‘Baby Blue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 1, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 14, 2025. This patent earned 168 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18310
Filed: November 14, 2005
Granted: December 11, 2007
Expires: May 1, 2026
Assignee: INNOVAPLANT GMBH & CO KG
Inventor: HEINZ MARKL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Myosotis plant named ‘Baby Blue’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early flowering habit; and numerous soft blue-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 Myosotis plant named ‘Baby Blue’, as illustrated and described.

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