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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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26306, the photograph of PIIBD-III printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26306, 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
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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26306 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.