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US Plant Patent PP14491

Wespeal

Petunia plant named ‘Wespeal’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 12, 2022. 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 PP14491, the photograph of Wespeal printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14491, 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
PP14491
Filed
December 12, 2002
Granted
January 27, 2004
Expires
December 12, 2022
Inventor
WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Wespeal’, characterized by its cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; short internodes, dense and bushy growth habit; freely flowering habit; and double salverform light violet-colored flowers with contrasting dark purple-colored venation.

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 Petunia plant named ‘Wespeal’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14491 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.