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US Plant Patent PP27876

STEWARD

Azalea plant named ‘STEWARD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 30, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2035, but this patent ends 1,340 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27876, the photograph of STEWARD printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27876, 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
PP27876
Filed
March 31, 2015
Granted
April 11, 2017
Expires
July 30, 2031
Assignee
UNIV OHIO STATE
Inventor
STEWARD LARRY G

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘STEWARD’, characterized by its globe to broad columnar plant form; freely branching habit; terminal truss flower arrangement; pure white hose-in-hose flowers with some yellow-green flecking in the throat of the petals; green-yellow flower buds; and hardiness in USDA zone 6a.

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 Azalea plant, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27876 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.