US Plant Patent PP15519

Lava Rose

Pentas plant named ‘Lava Rose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 22, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 29, 2023. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15519, the photograph of Lava Rose printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15519, 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: PP15519
Filed: December 29, 2003
Granted: February 1, 2005
Expires: January 22, 2024
Assignee: BODGER JOHN & SONS COMPANY
Inventor: UNGER HELMUT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Pentas plant named ‘Lava Rose’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and dark pink-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.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Pentas plant named ‘Lava Rose’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15519 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.