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US Plant Patent PP16773

Yaput

Penstemon plant named ‘Yaput’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 7, 2025. This patent earned 90 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16773, the photograph of Yaput printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16773, 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
PP16773
Filed
February 7, 2005
Granted
July 4, 2006
Expires
May 8, 2025
Assignee
YATES FREDERIC CHARLES
Inventor
YATES FREDERIC CHARLES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Penstemon plant named ‘Yaput’ that is characterized by compact upright habit, dark green glossy leaves, and fragrant flowers that are dark pink in color with white throats that exhibit dark pink stripes. In combination these characteristics set ‘Yaput’ apart from all other existing varieties of Penstemon 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 Penstemon plant named ‘Yaput’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16773 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.