US Plant Patent PP16678

Masbolimket

Boltonia plant named ‘Masbolimket’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 24, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2024. This patent earned 94 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16678
Filed: December 20, 2004
Granted: June 20, 2006
Expires: March 24, 2025
Assignee: UNIV MASSACHUSETTS
Inventor: BOYLE THOMAS H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Boltonia plant named ‘Masbolimket’ characterized by its single inflorescence form, violet-colored ray florets, yellow-colored disc florets, dark green-colored foliage, freely branching character, and medium upright growth habit.

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 Boltonia plant named ‘Masbolimket’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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