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US Plant Patent PP16902

Pensky

Nemesia plant named ‘Pensky’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 8, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 30, 2024. This patent earned 192 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16902, the photograph of Pensky printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16902, 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
PP16902
Filed
April 30, 2004
Granted
August 1, 2006
Expires
November 8, 2024
Inventor
JONES SIDNEY JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Pensky’ that is characterized by a compact habit, dense upright spikes of blue-purple flowers and oval shaped green leaves. In combination these characteristics set ‘Pensky’ 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 ‘Pensky’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16902 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.