US Plant Patent PP16082

Pink Panther

Portulaca plant named ‘Pink Panther’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 9, 2024. This patent earned 56 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16082
Filed: July 9, 2004
Granted: November 1, 2005
Expires: September 3, 2024
Assignee: STROET THEODORUS B J
Inventor: STROET THEODORUS B J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant named ‘Pink Panther’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and trailing plant habit; freely branching growth habit; relatively rapid growth rate; double flower form; and pink-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 Portulaca plant named ‘Pink Panther’, as illustrated and described.

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