US Plant Patent PP15930

Zig Zag

Scaevola plant named ‘Zig Zag’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 6, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 27, 2022. This patent earned 619 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15930
Filed: March 27, 2002
Granted: August 30, 2005
Expires: December 6, 2023
Inventor: SAUNDERS RACHEL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Scaevola named ‘Zig Zag’ that is characterized by a compact, creeping habit, and unique white lilac and purple flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Zig Zag’ apart from all other existing varieties of Scaevola known to the inventor.

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 Scaevola plant named ‘Zig Zag’ as described and illustrated herein.

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