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US Plant Patent PP15655

Jam Litbule

Petunia plant named ‘Jam Litbule’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 11, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 5, 2024. This patent earned 6 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15655, the photograph of Jam Litbule printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15655, 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
PP15655
Filed
April 5, 2004
Granted
March 15, 2005
Expires
April 11, 2024
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Jam Litbule’, characterized by its low trailing, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; large single flowers that are violet blue in color; and good garden performance.

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 Petunia plant named ‘Jam Litbule’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15655 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.