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US Plant Patent PP28448

Miss Violet

Buddleja plant named ‘Miss Violet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 31, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 18, 2035. This patent earned 135 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28448, the photograph of Miss Violet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28448, 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
PP28448
Filed
June 18, 2015
Granted
September 26, 2017
Expires
October 31, 2035
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE, WERNER DENNIS JAMES
Inventor
WERNER DENNIS JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Buddleja plant named ‘Miss Violet’ substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its compact stature, dense and semi-upright growth habit, oblong-elliptic leaf shape, violet flower color, distorted male flower parts (anthers) resulting in male sterility, and female structures that show reduced function, resulting in reduced seed formation.

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 Violet’ as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28448 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.