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US Plant Patent PP25876

Lavender Rose

Baptisia plant named ‘Lavender Rose’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 3, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 25, 2034. This patent earned 67 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25876, the photograph of Lavender Rose printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25876, 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
PP25876
Filed
February 25, 2014
Granted
September 8, 2015
Expires
May 3, 2034
Inventor
AULT JAMES ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Baptisia , ‘Lavender Rose’ that is characterized by its upright, vase-shaped plant habit at anthesis that becomes a broad, uniformly rounded mound as the growing season progresses, its densely clustered green stems that do not lodge, its racemes of flowers that are medium to dark violet-blue in color at anthesis aging to a violet-purple color depending on ambient temperatures, its large flowers that are an average of 2.5 cm in width, its dense foliage that completely masks the bases of the flowering stems at maximum foliage growth, and its vigorous growth rate.

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 ‘Lavender Rose’ as herein illustrated and described.

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