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US Plant Patent PP17291

Petlavve

Petunia plant named ‘Petlavve’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 12, 2025. This patent earned 30 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17291, the photograph of Petlavve printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17291, 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
PP17291
Filed
September 12, 2005
Granted
December 19, 2006
Expires
October 12, 2025
Inventor
OUD JOHANNES SIMON NICOLAAS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Petlavve’ characterized by its trailing, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit, freely branching habit, freely flowering habit, single flowers that are lavender in color with darker lavender-colored venation, 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 ‘Petlavve’, as substantially illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17291 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.