Azalea plant named RLH1-14P14

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 5, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 8, 2032. This patent earned 148 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24751, the photograph of Azalea plant named RLH1-14P14 printed in the patent.

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The record

Patent number

PP24751

Filed

October 8, 2012

Granted

August 12, 2014

Expires

March 5, 2033

Assignee

HEAD LISA JONES, HEAD ROBERT HAROLD, HEAD S SELECT INC

Inventor

HEAD ROBERT HAROLD; HEAD LISA JONES

No cultivar name of record

This patent does not name the plant, which is unusual for its date — by the mid-1990s nearly every plant patent carried a cultivar name. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.

Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘RLH1-14P14’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; freely basal branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; evergreen, persistent dark green-colored leaves that do not abscise during the winter; freely flowering habit with remontant flowering during the spring, summer and autumn; large, non-persistent single flowers that are dark red purple in color with darker red purple-colored central spots and speckles and excellent garden performance and temperature tolerance.

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 Azalea plant named ‘RLH1-14P14’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24751 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.