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US Plant Patent PP25875

Lunar Eclipse

Baptisia plant named ‘Lunar Eclipse’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 8, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 25, 2034. This patent earned 72 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25875, the photograph of Lunar Eclipse printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25875, 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
PP25875
Filed
February 25, 2014
Granted
September 8, 2015
Expires
May 8, 2034
Assignee
CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC, AULT JAMES ROBERT
Inventor
AULT JAMES ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Baptisia, ‘Lunar Eclipse’, that is characterized by its racemes of flowers that are light cream to light yellow in color at anthesis aging to a medium to dark violet-blue color, its flowers that are radially and uniformly dispersed around the racemes, its strongly vase-shaped, open habit with stems that are upright to slightly leaning, its mid to late bloom season; flowering for three weeks from late-May to mid-June in northern Illinois, its inflorescences that are borne above the foliage, and its lack of foliage on the bottom third of the plant exposing the lower stems.

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 ‘Lunar Eclipse’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25875 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.