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US Plant Patent PP22728

Weeping Kate

Dianella caerulea×brevipedunculata plant named ‘Weeping Kate’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 3, 2030.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 11, 2030. This patent earned 112 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22728, the photograph of Weeping Kate printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22728, 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
PP22728
Filed
February 11, 2010
Granted
May 8, 2012
Expires
June 3, 2030
Assignee
BENSON FRANCIS, MINES CHARLES
Inventor
MINES CHARLES; BENSON FRANCIS

Abstract

‘Weeping Kate’ is a distinctive variety of Dianella plant which is characterized by the combination of its short to medium plant height, dense upright growth habit with flowers positioned just above the foliage, upright leaf attitude with distal weeping, year round flowering season, and violet blue flower color with violet blue berry color.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Dianella plant named ‘Weeping Kate’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22728 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.