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US Plant Patent PP16931

Fleurbac

Nemesia plant named ‘Fleurbac’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 27, 2025. This patent earned 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16931, the photograph of Fleurbac printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16931, 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
PP16931
Filed
May 27, 2005
Granted
August 1, 2006
Expires
June 27, 2025
Assignee
TELLWRIGHT MARTINE
Inventor
TELLWRIGHT MARTINE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Fleurbac’ that is characterized by upright compact habit, medium-green leaves, large fragrant bicolor flowers, and two individual colors of bi-color flowers per individual plant. In combination these characteristics set ‘Fleurbac’ apart from all other existing varieties of Nemesia known to the inventor.

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 Nemesia plant named ‘Fleurbac’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16931 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.