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Plant

Allium

19 US plant patents name this plant. 0 have expired, so those cultivars are free to propagate and sell. The next of the 19 still protected comes off patent on April 16, 2030.

Still under patent — 19 cultivars

Soonest to come off patent first. You may not propagate these for sale until the date shown.

Botanically this is Allium. A patent expiring frees the plant, and its cultivar name with it — cultivar names cannot be trademarked. Any brand name it is sold under is a separate thing and may still be owned.