US Plant Patent PP18609
Ruffled Patty
Papaver plant named ‘Ruffled Patty’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 27, 2026.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP18609
- Filed
- September 27, 2006
- Granted
- March 18, 2008
- Expires
- September 27, 2026
- Assignee
- FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
- Inventor
- OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named ‘Ruffled Patty’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; and large flowers with ruffled 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 Papaver plant named ‘Ruffled Patty’ as illustrated and described.
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