US Plant Patent PP23851
Zobadol
Clematis plant named ‘Zobadol’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 20, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 10, 2032. This patent earned 70 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23851
- Filed
- February 10, 2012
- Granted
- August 27, 2013
- Expires
- April 20, 2032
- Assignee
- J VAN ZOEST BEHEER B V, VAN ZOEST JAN
- Inventor
- VAN ZOEST JAN
Abstract
A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis , ‘Zobadol’, characterized by its upright flowers that are pale violet in color, its blooming ability in spring and even more abundantly in summer, its flowers that retain their color with very little fading, its near sterility, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 6.
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 cultivar of Clematis plant named ‘Zobadol’ as herein illustrated and described.
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