US Plant Patent PP23872

Dutch Chocolate

Baptisia plant named ‘Dutch Chocolate’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 9, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 22, 2031. This patent earned 109 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP23872
Filed: December 22, 2011
Granted: September 3, 2013
Expires: April 9, 2032
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS ANDREW
Inventor: HANSEN HANS ANDREW

Abstract

A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia , ‘Dutch Chocolate’, characterized by its purple-brown flowers that are held on erect flower stems, its densely branched, mounded and compact plant habit, its vigorous growth rate and its hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Baptisia plant named ‘Dutch Chocolate’ as herein illustrated and described.

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