US Plant Patent PP16790

Usmint2

Saturozygis plant named ‘Usmint2’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 28, 2025. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16790
Filed: January 28, 2005
Granted: July 11, 2006
Expires: March 7, 2025
Assignee: PLANT 21 LLC
Inventor: SAKAZAKI USHIO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Saturozygis plant named ‘Usmint2’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; mint-scented leaves; and light red purple-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 Saturozygis plant named ‘Usmint2’, as illustrated and described.

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