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US Plant Patent PP16452

Kolmas

Weigela plant named ‘Kolmas’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 6, 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 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16452, the photograph of Kolmas printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16452, 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
PP16452
Filed
June 28, 2004
Granted
April 18, 2006
Expires
August 6, 2024
Assignee
KOLSTER B V GEB
Inventor
KOLSTER PETER RUDOLF

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Weigela plant named ‘Kolmas’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; dark reddish brown young stem coloration; and large green and pale yellow to white variegated leaves.

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 Weigela plant named ‘Kolmas’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16452 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.