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US Plant Patent PP26013

Little Pinkie

Gentiana plant named ‘Little Pinkie’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 20, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 5, 2034. This patent earned 76 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26013, the photograph of Little Pinkie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26013, 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
PP26013
Filed
March 5, 2014
Granted
October 20, 2015
Expires
May 20, 2034
Assignee
NZ INST PLANT & FOOD RES LTD, MORGAN EDMOND ROBERT
Inventor
MORGAN EDMOND ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Gentiana plant named ‘Little Pinkie’ that is characterized by its upright, clumping plant habit, its abundant blooms and long flowering period; blooming from May to October in the Netherlands and its flowers that are a distinct purple-pink color even when the flowers are closed.

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 Gentiana plant named ‘Little Pinkie’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26013 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.