US Plant Patent PP36748
SMNBAB
Buddleia plant named ‘SMNBAB’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 14, 2044.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP36748
- Filed
- November 14, 2024
- Granted
- June 17, 2025
- Expires
- November 14, 2044
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC, MATHEY MEGAN M
- Inventor
- MATHEY MEGAN M
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Buddleia plant named ‘SMNBAB’, characterized by its relatively compact, outwardly spreading to weeping plant habit with cascading inflorescences; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; green-colored leaves with silvery green-colored lower surfaces; freely flowering habit; long and dense conical inflorescences with numerous light purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Buddleia plant named ‘SMNBAB’ as herein illustrated and described.
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