US Plant Patent PP26624
Brownie Points
Baptisia plant named ‘Brownie Points’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 22, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2034. This patent earned 169 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26624
- Filed
- June 6, 2014
- Granted
- April 19, 2016
- Expires
- November 22, 2034
- Assignee
- WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
- Inventor
- HANSEN HANS A
Abstract
A new and distinct plant cultivar of hardy herbaceous False Indigo named Baptisia ‘Brownie Points’ characterized by compact vase-shape habit in lower portion with upright spreading stems forming a mound in the upper portion with upright stems and several large, chocolate-brown colored flowers on well-branched stems held well mostly above light green to chartreuse foliage in the late 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.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous False Indigo plant named Baptisia ‘Brownie Points’ as herein described and illustrated.
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