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US Plant Patent PP27085

WHIT X

Crapemyrtle plant named‘WHIT X’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 31, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2035. This patent earned 19 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27085, the photograph of WHIT X printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27085, 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
PP27085
Filed
March 12, 2015
Granted
August 23, 2016
Expires
March 31, 2035
Assignee
LACEBARK INC, WHITCOMB CARL E
Inventor
WHITCOMB CARL E

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of crapemyrtle, Lagerstroemia indica , particularly distinguished by having a much branched upright growth habit, a near constant show of sterile, cardinal red flowers from bright crimson flower buds during the warm growing season, with lighter red flowers during rainy periods or cooler fall conditions. Because the plant is sterile, old flowers stay showy longer and new flower buds form in the same positions as flowers that age and fall away. Inflorescences are short around the base of the plant, but are 12 to 14 inches long and 6 to 12 inches wide in the upper parts of the plant. The plant is highly resistant to both powdery mildew and Cercospora leaf spot under north central Oklahoma conditions.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of crapemyrtle plant, substantially as illustrated and described.

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