US Plant Patent PP26306
PIIBD-III
Buddleia plant named ‘PIIBD-III’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 24, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 29, 2033. This patent earned 87 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26306
- Filed
- October 29, 2013
- Granted
- January 12, 2016
- Expires
- January 24, 2034
- Inventor
- DIRR MICHAEL A; KARDOS JOSHUA H
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Buddleia plant named ‘PIIBD-III’, characterized by its compact, rounded to upright growth habit, dark gray-green foliage, violet, deliciously sweet fragrant flowers with an orange center, and long flowering season, with flowers produced from spring to the first frost.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct Buddleia plant named ‘PIIBD-III’, as illustrated and described herein.
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