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US Plant Patent PP17798

Passionate

Phygelius plant named ‘Passionate’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 30, 2025. 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 PP17798, the photograph of Passionate printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17798, 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
PP17798
Filed
December 30, 2005
Granted
June 12, 2007
Expires
December 30, 2025
Inventor
OUDSHOORN HUBERTUS GERARDUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phygelius plant named ‘Passionate’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely flowering habit; dark green-colored foliage; and large bright red-colored flowers.

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 Phygelius plant named ‘Passionate’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17798 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.