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US Plant Patent PP27088

Blue Towers

Baptisia plant named ‘Blue Towers’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 15, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 8, 2034. This patent earned 221 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27088, the photograph of Blue Towers printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27088, 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
PP27088
Filed
April 8, 2014
Granted
August 23, 2016
Expires
November 15, 2034
Assignee
AVENT TONY
Inventor
AVENT TONY

Abstract

A new and distinct plant cultivar of hardy herbaceous false indigo named Baptisia ‘Blue Towers’ characterized by tall upright habit, no basal foliage, and many large, dark purple-blue flowers held well above the foliage in the spring, suitable for landscaping as a specimen or en masse.

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 hardy herbaceous false indigo plant named Baptisia ‘Blue Towers’ as herein illustrated and described, with tall upright habit, and many large, dark purple-blue flowers held well above the foliage in the spring, suitable for landscaping as a specimen or en masse.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27088 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.