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US Plant Patent PP19011

Twilite

Baptisia plant named ‘Twilite’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 14, 2027.

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 PP19011, the photograph of Twilite printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19011, 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
PP19011
Filed
March 14, 2007
Granted
July 8, 2008
Expires
March 14, 2027
Inventor
AULT JAMES R

Abstract

A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia, ‘Twilite’, characterized by its bicolor flowers that are violet-purple with a yellow keel held on erect flower stems, its densely branched, uniform and upright plant habit and its vigorous growth rate.

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 ‘Twilite’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19011 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.