US Plant Patent PP36674

Goatee

Aruncus plant named ‘Goatee’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 3, 2044.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 11, 2043. This patent earned 176 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP36674
Filed: July 11, 2023
Granted: May 13, 2025
Expires: January 3, 2044
Assignee: HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new hybrid Aruncus plant named ‘Goatee’ with sharply-lobed, dentate, tri-pinnately compound, dark-green foliage holding well into the season. Light creamy buds transition to near-white flowers on airy scapes, above foliage on heavily branched panicles with nearly horizontal branches.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct ornamental plant named Aruncus ‘Goatee’ as herein described and illustrated.

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