US Plant Patent PP20179

Liberty Flame

Bougainvillea libertatis plant named ‘Liberty Flame’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 11, 2027.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP20179
Filed: January 11, 2007
Granted: July 14, 2009
Expires: January 11, 2027
Assignee: BRAASCH HERMANN
Inventor: BRAASCH HERMANN

Abstract

A new and distinct Bougainvillea particularly distinguished from other Bougainvillea plants by its variegated leaf, flowering coloration, and upright to spreading woody growth habit. The leaves have a definite and distinct variegation of light and dark green; and its leaves and bracts have an attractive flowering coloration.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Bougainvillea plant, having the latin name Bougainvillea libertatis, and cultivar name ‘Liberty Flame’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20179 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.