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US Plant Patent PP27904

Sparkling Sapphires

Baptisia plant named ‘Sparkling Sapphires’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 26, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 19, 2035. This patent earned 7 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27904, the photograph of Sparkling Sapphires printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27904, 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
PP27904
Filed
November 19, 2015
Granted
April 18, 2017
Expires
November 26, 2035
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 ‘Sparkling Sapphires’ characterized by compact mound-shaped habit with highly-branched upright stems and many large, intense blue-colored flowers held above the foliage in the late spring, 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 plant cultivar of hardy herbaceous false indigo named Baptisia ‘Sparkling Sapphires’ as herein described and illustrated.

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