US Plant Patent PP14846

Rhythm and Blues

Astilbe plant named ‘Rhythm and Blues’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 28, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14846, the photograph of Rhythm and Blues printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14846, 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: PP14846
Filed: July 28, 2003
Granted: June 1, 2004
Expires: July 28, 2023
Assignee: INSPIRATION PLANT CV
Inventor: VERDUIN HARRY G J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Astilbe plant named ‘Rhythm and Blues’, characterized by its upright, mounded and compact plant habit; rapid growth rate; freely and uniform flowering habit; and red purple-colored flowers.

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 cultivar of Astilbe plant named ‘Rhythm and Blues’, as illustrated and described.

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