US Plant Patent PP17573

Little Candyfloss

Papaver plant named ‘Little Candyfloss’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP17573
Filed: October 12, 2005
Granted: April 3, 2007
Expires: October 12, 2025
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor: OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named ‘Little Candyfloss’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; and single flowers with dark pink-colored petals.

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 Papaver plant named ‘Little Candyfloss’, as illustrated and described.

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