US Plant Patent PP17219

Gamad IV

Crapemyrtle plant named ‘Gamad IV’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP17219
Filed: August 16, 2005
Granted: November 14, 2006
Expires: August 16, 2025
Assignee: UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
Inventor: DIRR MICHAEL A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of crapemyrtle, Lagerstroemia indicia×L. fauriei, which is characterized by very compact, mounded growth habit; reddish-purple foliage all growing season, which holds up well in heat and humidity; high leaf powdery mildew and Cercospora leaf spot resistance; pink flowers, not as profusely borne as other Gamad varieties.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of crapemyrtle plant named ‘Gamad IV’, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17219 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.