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US Plant Patent PP17336

Hardec

Pachystegia plant named ‘Hardec’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2025. This patent earned 30 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17336, the photograph of Hardec printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17336, 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
PP17336
Filed
June 17, 2005
Granted
January 2, 2007
Expires
July 17, 2025
Assignee
AGRI OBTENTIONS S A
Inventor
DECOURTYE M LUC

Abstract

A new and distinct Pachystegia insignis plant is provided that displays in profusion attractive sterile composite flowers having pure white ray florets and yellow disc florets. The overall growth habit is bushy. Dense greyed-green foliage is formed. The new cultivar is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the gardens where the climate is moderate. Alternatively, the cultivar can be grown in pots or other containers indoors.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Pachystegia plant characterized by the following characteristics: (a) displays a profusion of attractive sterile composite flowers having pure white ray florets and yellow disc florets, (b) displays a bushy growth habit, (c) forms dense greyed-green foliage, and (d) is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation when grown in gardens and in containers indoors; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17336 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.