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US Plant Patent PP22986

Harvest Merlot

Helichrysum plant named ‘Harvest Merlot’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 15, 2030.

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 PP22986, the photograph of Harvest Merlot printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22986, 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
PP22986
Filed
October 15, 2010
Granted
August 21, 2012
Expires
October 15, 2030
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO, BAUTISTA RODOLFO VALDOZ
Inventor
BAUTISTA RODOLFO VALDOZ

Abstract

A plant variety of the Helichrysum family resulting from a controlled crossing of the varieties of Helichrysum bracteatum ‘Harvest Fire’, the subject of a currently pending U.S. patent application, and Helichrysum bracteatum×splendidum ‘Raspberry’, the subject of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,929. The outermost involucral bracts of the bud appear as RHS 64 B (red-purple group). The rest of the bracts have an overall appearance of RHS 58 A (red-purple group). The tips of the outer bracts are RHS 187 A (greyed-purple group). The new variety also possesses the commercially desirable characteristics of hardy and attractive leaves and has generally good post harvest characteristics.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Helichrysum plant, as illustrated and described.

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