US Plant Patent PP16569

Nemhswhi

Nemesia plant named ‘Nemhswhi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 29, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 6, 2024. This patent earned 205 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16569
Filed: December 6, 2004
Granted: May 23, 2006
Expires: June 29, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Nemhswhi’ that is characterized by a semi-trailing and compact habit, white flowers, a yellow palate, very early flowering and absolutely no seedset. In combination these characteristics set ‘Nemhswhi’ 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 Nemesia plant named ‘Nemhswhi’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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