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US Plant Patent PP20432

Midnight

Baptisia plant named ‘Midnight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 27, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20432, the photograph of Midnight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20432, 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
PP20432
Filed
August 27, 2008
Granted
October 20, 2009
Expires
August 27, 2028
Assignee
CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC
Inventor
AULT JAMES R

Abstract

A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia , ‘Midnight’, characterized by its upright, vase-shaped growth habit with long inflorescences of violet-blue flowers held well above the foliage, its secondary inflorescences that are produced after the primary inflorescences have past peak producing a long blooming period of at least 3 weeks, its lack of foliage on the lower 20 to 40 cm of stem for suitability for planting with other plants, and its adaptability to cultivation in alkaline clay soils.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Baptisia plant named ‘Midnight’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20432 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.