US Plant Patent PP16057

Wespeking

Petunia plant named ‘Wespeking’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 16, 2024. This patent earned 98 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16057
Filed: January 16, 2004
Granted: October 25, 2005
Expires: April 23, 2024
Assignee: JOSEF & HEINRICH WESTHOFF GART
Inventor: WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Wespeking’, characterized by its cascading growth habit; freely branching plant habit; freely flowering habit; single bicolored flowers that are violet in color with white-colored margins; and large sepals.

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 ‘Wespeking’, as illustrated and described.

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