US Plant Patent PP16651

Giant Steps

Plant variety of Vinca minor named ‘Giant Steps’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 3, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 30, 2024. This patent earned 95 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16651
Filed: June 30, 2004
Granted: June 13, 2006
Expires: October 3, 2024
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: FOLEY JR THOMAS M

Abstract

A new plant variety of Vinca minor with larger leaf size and significantly heavier leaf substance.

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

1. A new and distinct Vinca minor plant of the variety substantially as shown and described herein.

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