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US Plant Patent PP24015

Ice Chip

Buddleja plant named ‘Ice Chip’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 1, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 7, 2031. This patent earned 55 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24015, the photograph of Ice Chip printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24015, 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
PP24015
Filed
November 7, 2011
Granted
November 5, 2013
Expires
January 1, 2032
Assignee
SNELLING LAYNE K, WERNER DENNIS J, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERISTY
Inventor
WERNER DENNIS J; SNELLING LAYNE K

Abstract

Buddleja ‘Ice Chip’ is a new and distinct variety of butterfly bush. The distinguishing traits of ‘Ice Chip’ include at last one of dwarf plant size, spreading growth habit, gray-green leaf color, attractive white flowers, male sterility and female structures that are essentially sterile.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of butterfly bush plant ( Buddleja ) substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by at least one of its dwarf growth, dense and spreading growth habit, white flower color, male sterility and female structures that are essentially sterile.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24015 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.