US Plant Patent PP16596

Pleasant Feelings

Phlox plant named ‘Pleasant Feelings’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 6, 2024. This patent earned 113 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16596, the photograph of Pleasant Feelings printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16596, 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: PP16596
Filed: October 6, 2004
Granted: May 30, 2006
Expires: January 27, 2025
Assignee: GAALEN IRENAEUS ANTHOUNIUS MAR
Inventor: GAALEN IRENAEUS ANTHOUNIUS MAR

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Pleasant Feelings’ that is characterized by an upright habit, dark green leaves and flowers that consist of clusters of green bract like structures.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Phlox plant named ‘Pleasant Feelings’ as described and illustrated.

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