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US Plant Patent PP29200

Blue Whiskers

Festuca plant named ‘Blue Whiskers’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 20, 2036.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29200, the photograph of Blue Whiskers printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29200, 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
PP29200
Filed
December 20, 2016
Granted
April 3, 2018
Expires
December 20, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A, HURD KEVIN A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A; HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental, winter-hardy, blue fescue plant, Festuca glauca ‘Blue Whiskers’, with highly-vigorous, clumps of tight, full, rounded habit of strong stems and foliage, consistent flower coverage, intensely silver-blue, linear, evergreen foliage retained throughout the year, upright habit of strong erect stems, long flowering season of large, densely-arranged, lavender-blue flowers on short branched stems.

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 blue fescue plant, Festuca glauca ‘Blue Whiskers’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29200 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.