US Plant Patent PP30987
R16-1-1
Ruellia plant named ‘R16-1-1’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 23, 2038.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP30987
- Filed
- April 23, 2018
- Granted
- October 29, 2019
- Expires
- April 23, 2038
- Assignee
- FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
- Inventor
- FREYRE ROSANNA; ZAYAS VICTOR
Abstract
‘R16-1-1’ is a new Ruellia simplex plant distinguished by having excellent performance under partial sun and in containers, medium-sized red-purple flowers with a darker red-purple corolla tube, maximum plant height at 49 cm, profuse branching, and no fruit production, as disclosed.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Ruellia plant named ‘R16-1-1’ as illustrated and described herein.
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