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US Plant Patent PP26577

Sweet Amethyst

Daphne plant named ‘Sweet Amethyst’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 10, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 13, 2034. This patent earned 86 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26577, the photograph of Sweet Amethyst printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26577, 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
PP26577
Filed
February 13, 2014
Granted
April 5, 2016
Expires
May 10, 2034
Inventor
LLOYD EVAN DAVID

Abstract

A new cultivar of Daphne plant named ‘Sweet Amethyst’ that is characterized by a large number of light purple flowers that have a strong jasmine scent, a long flowering season and elliptic to obovate shaped green leaves.

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 variety of Daphne plant named ‘Sweet Amethyst’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26577 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.