US Plant Patent PP16314

Blue Eye

Neirembergia plant named ‘Blue Eye’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 14, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2024. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16314, the photograph of Blue Eye printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16314, 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: PP16314
Filed: September 30, 2004
Granted: March 7, 2006
Expires: October 14, 2024
Assignee: J & H JAPAN INC
Inventor: TAKATOMI TERUO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nierembergia plant named ‘Blue Eye’, characterized by its semi-upright to cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; numerous large single flowers that are white in color with purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.

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 Nierembergia plant named ‘Blue Eye’, as illustrated and described.

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