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US Plant Patent PP13000

Lemon Sorbet

Scabious plant ‘Lemon Sorbet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 28, 2020. 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 PP13000, the photograph of Lemon Sorbet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13000, 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
PP13000
Filed
February 28, 2000
Granted
September 24, 2002
Expires
February 28, 2020
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
Inventor
ARMITAGE ALLAN M

Abstract

A new and distinct plant of Scabiosa ochroleuca named "Lemon Sorbet' was selected as a chance seedling in The University of Georgia Horticulture Trial Gardens in Athens, Ga., USA. The new cultivar is distinguished by the unique combination of dwarf habit and primrose yellow flowers. The cultivar demonstrates good disease tolerance and is well-suited for ornamental use.

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

What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct plant of Scabiosa ochroleuca as herein shown and described, that is characterized by a unique combination of dwarf habit and primrose yellow flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13000 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.