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US Plant Patent PP26827

Ivory Towers

Baptisia plant named ‘Ivory Towers’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 1, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 2, 2034. This patent earned 121 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26827, the photograph of Ivory Towers printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26827, 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
PP26827
Filed
September 2, 2014
Granted
June 14, 2016
Expires
January 1, 2035
Assignee
AVENT TONY
Inventor
AVENT TONY

Abstract

A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia , ‘Ivory Tower’, that is characterized by its numerous flowers that are ivory white in color, its tall plant habit; reaching 1.5 m in height, its dark grey-purple flower stems until daytime temps consistently reach 80° F. and above (early May in Raleigh, N.C.), its flower stems that rise up to 75 cm above the foliage canopy, and its excellent hybrid vigor.

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 Baptisia plant named ‘Ivory Tower’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26827 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.