US Plant Patent PP15971
Pink Chablis
Tradescantia plant named ‘Pink Chablis’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 31, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 28, 2024. This patent earned 64 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP15971
- Filed
- June 28, 2004
- Granted
- September 20, 2005
- Expires
- August 31, 2024
- Assignee
- WITTEMAN & CO
- Inventor
- VAN NOORT MARCUS WILHELMUS GER
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Tradescantia plant named ‘Pink Chablis’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely flowering habit; and light red purple and white bi-colored petals with ruffled margins.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Tradescantia plant named ‘Pink Chablis’, as illustrated and described.
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