US Plant Patent PP20650
GOLD STRIKE
Agapanthus plant named ‘GOLD STRIKE’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 8, 2028.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP20650
- Filed
- May 8, 2008
- Granted
- January 19, 2010
- Expires
- May 8, 2028
- Assignee
- GEAR HELEN, GEAR IAN
- Inventor
- GEAR IAN; GEAR HELEN
Abstract
A new cultivar of Agapanthus plant named ‘GOLD STRIKE’ that is characterized by compact habit, green and gold strap-like leaves, and dark-blue flowers on black stems. In combination these traits set ‘GOLD STRIKE’ apart from all other existing varieties of Agapanthus 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 variety of Agapanthus plant named ‘GOLD STRIKE’ as described and illustrated herein.
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