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US Plant Patent PP31017

WAH-SP

Gardenia plant named ‘WAH-SP’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 11, 2038.

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 PP31017, the photograph of WAH-SP printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31017, 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
PP31017
Filed
December 11, 2018
Granted
November 5, 2019
Expires
December 11, 2038
Assignee
Southern Plant Group
Inventor
HEAD WILLIAM A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of gardenia plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘WAH-SP’, is provided which forms double, medium sized, fragrant, white colored inflorescences. Attractive, glossy, dark green colored foliage is formed, which contrasts beautifully with the blossoms. The vegetation is moderately vigorous and the growth habit is wide and low. The new variety is well suited for proving attractive ornamentation in the landscape.

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 gardenia plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive, fragrant, medium-sized double, white-colored inflorescences, (b) exhibits glossy, dark green colored foliage; and (c) provides moderately vigorous vegetation, with wide and low growth habit; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31017 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.