Inoveris

Inoveris

Caryopteris plant named ‘Inoveris’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 21, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 9, 2023, but this patent ends 901 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17837, the photograph of Inoveris printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17837, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caryopteris×clandonensis plant is provided that is a seedling formed following the induced mutation of the ‘Heavenly Blue’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,091). Gamma radiation was utilized to create the mutation. The new cultivar can be readily distinguished from its parent by a more upright and more uniform growth habit, darker green foliage, more intense violet-blue flowers, and shorter internodes.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Caryopteris×clandonensis plant derived from the ‘Heavenly Blue’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,091) having the following combination of characteristics when compared to its ‘Heavenly Blue’ parent: (a) forms a more upright and more uniform growth habit, (b) displays darker green foliage, (c) forms in profusion attractive flowers that are a more intense violet-blue, and (d) forms shorter internodes; substantially as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17837 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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