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US Plant Patent PP18949

YBAZ-2028 Cotton Candy

Azalea plant named “YBAZ-2028 Cotton Candy”

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 20, 2027.

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 PP18949, the photograph of YBAZ-2028 Cotton Candy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18949, 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
PP18949
Filed
March 20, 2007
Granted
June 17, 2008
Expires
March 20, 2027
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘YBAZ-2028 Cotton Candy’, characterized by its dark green-colored leaves that do not abscise during the cooling and forcing periods; uniform and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; relatively rapid flowering response; large red purple-colored flowers; semi-double hose-in-hose flower form; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good flower substance for about five weeks in an interior environment.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘YBAZ-2028 Cotton Candy’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18949 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.