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US Plant Patent PP15148

Rhapsody in Blue

Salvia plant named ‘Rhapsody in Blue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 13, 2023. 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 PP15148, the photograph of Rhapsody in Blue printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15148, 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
PP15148
Filed
May 13, 2003
Granted
September 14, 2004
Expires
May 13, 2023
Assignee
FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor
OUDOLF PETRUS HENDRICUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit; very freely basal branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; freely flowering habit; and blue violet-colored flowers.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15148 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.