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US Plant Patent PP26588

Pink Truffles

Baptisia plant named ‘Pink Truffles’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 15, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2034. This patent earned 162 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26588, the photograph of Pink Truffles printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26588, 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
PP26588
Filed
June 6, 2014
Granted
April 5, 2016
Expires
November 15, 2034
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct plant cultivar of hardy herbaceous False Indigo named Baptisia ‘Pink Truffles’ characterized by pinkish lavender flowers with exposed yellow keel petals on tall branched spikes just above the foliage in late spring, on upright, vase-shaped, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy plants with medium-green tri-foliate foliage, suitable for landscaping as a specimen or en masse.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous False Indigo plant named Baptisia ‘Pink Truffles’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26588 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.