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US Plant Patent PP28553

MISS PEARL

Buddleja plant named ‘MISS PEARL’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 31, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 31, 2035. This patent earned 153 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28553, the photograph of MISS PEARL printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28553, 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
PP28553
Filed
July 31, 2015
Granted
October 24, 2017
Expires
December 31, 2035
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE, WERNER DENNIS JAMES
Inventor
WERNER DENNIS JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct Buddleja cultivar named ‘MISS PEARL’ is disclosed, characterized by white ruffled flowers, upright spike-like inflorescences, compact growth habit with high lateral branching and dense foliage, medium green leaf color (adaxial side) with silver-gray underside. Plants are female sterile and anthers malformed or lacking. The new variety is a Buddleja , normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Buddleja plant named ‘MISS PEARL’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28553 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.