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US Plant Patent PP18315

lli

Plant variety of catharanthus roseus named ‘lli’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 4, 2024. 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 PP18315, the photograph of lli printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18315, 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
PP18315
Filed
May 4, 2004
Granted
December 18, 2007
Expires
May 4, 2024
Assignee
COUNCIL SCIENT IND RES
Inventor
KUMAR SUSHIL; RAI SHASHI PANDEY; KUMAR SANJAY RAI; SINGH DIGVIJAY; SRIVASTAVA SUCHI; MISHRA RAGHVENDRA KUMAR

Abstract

The present invention relates to the development of a unique inflorescence bearing mutant plant type lli/lli (LEAF-LESS INFLORESCENCE). Further the present invention relates to the development of a unique inflorescence bearing mutant plant type lli/lli (LEAF-LESS INFLORESCENCE) through chemical mutagenesis. The present invention relates to the development of a new and distinct plant type for floricultural usage. The new type is a monogenic Mendelian recessive stable mutant plant of Catharanthus roseus with a novel leafless inflorescence architecture with increased flower frequency. This distinct plant of Catharanthus roseus was developed through chemical mutagenesis followed by salt tolerance selection.

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 Catharanthus roseus plant, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18315 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.