US Plant Patent PP27258
PIIGA-II
Gardenia plant named ‘PIIGA-II’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 12, 2035.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 12, 2034. This patent earned 181 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27258
- Filed
- September 12, 2014
- Granted
- October 11, 2016
- Expires
- March 12, 2035
- Assignee
- PLANT INTRODUCTIONS INC
- Inventor
- HELVICK RHONDA; MCBEE OREN; GRIFFITH MARK; BEASLEY JEFF; DIRR MICHAEL A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Gardenia jasminoides plant named ‘PIIGA-II’, characterized by fragrant, double white flowers, abundant large flowers in spring with reblooming to fall, lustrous, dark green foliage, compact upright growth habit, and cold hardy to USDA Hardiness Zone 7.
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 Gardenia jasminoides plant named ‘PIIGA-II’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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