US Plant Patent PP17700

Blue Lake Blim

Aster tataricus plant named ‘Blue Lake Blim’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 15, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 25, 2023. This patent earned 295 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17700, the photograph of Blue Lake Blim printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17700, 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: PP17700
Filed: July 25, 2003
Granted: May 8, 2007
Expires: May 15, 2024
Assignee: MIYOSHI & CO LTD
Inventor: ICHIBA KAORI

Abstract

A new plant variety of Aster tataricus characterized by its late spring to early summer bloom season, the distinct violet cast of its ray florets and its compactness, reaching a mature height of 40 to 50 cms tall in flower.

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

1. A new plant variety of Aster tataricus of the variety substantially as shown and described.

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