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US Plant Patent PP28701

Medusa

Allium plant named ‘Medusa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 13, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 19, 2036. This patent earned 25 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28701, the photograph of Medusa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28701, 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
PP28701
Filed
January 19, 2016
Granted
November 28, 2017
Expires
February 13, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental onion plant named Allium ‘Medusa’ compact habit, glaucous, upright, stiff, strap-like, flattened, gray-green foliage with longitudinal twisting and numerous, tightly-clustered, purple flowers forming long-blooming globose umbels and scapes that typically begin development pointing toward the ground.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental onion plant named Allium ‘Medusa’ as herein described and illustrated, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28701 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.