US Plant Patent PP16610

Whip Reeda

Petunia plant named ‘Whip Reeda’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 28, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2025. This patent earned 119 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16610, the photograph of Whip Reeda printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16610, 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: PP16610
Filed: March 31, 2005
Granted: June 6, 2006
Expires: July 28, 2025
Assignee: GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL EUGENE

Abstract

A petunia cultivar particularly distinguished by its large, red flowers and early flowering is disclosed.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct petunia plant as shown and described herein.

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