US Plant Patent PP15271

Lava Cerise

Pentas plant named ‘Lava Cerise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 29, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15271, the photograph of Lava Cerise printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15271, 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: PP15271
Filed: December 29, 2003
Granted: October 26, 2004
Expires: December 29, 2023
Assignee: JOHN BODGER & SONS CO
Inventor: UNGER HELMUT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Pentas plant named ‘Lava Cerise’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and red purple-colored flowers arranged in large terminal corymbs that are positioned above the foliage.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Pentas plant named ‘Lava Cerise’, as illustrated and described.

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