US Plant Patent PP15746

Clear Skies

Hebe plant named ‘Clear Skies’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 15, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2023. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15746
Filed: March 31, 2003
Granted: May 3, 2005
Expires: April 15, 2023
Inventor: HUTCHINS GRAHAM

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hebe plant named ‘Clear Skies’ that is characterized by a compact, upright habit, steel-blue foliage and violet-blue flowers in summer. In combination these traits set ‘Clear Skies’ apart from all other existing varieties of Hebe known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hebe plant named ‘Clear Skies’ as described and illustrated herein.

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