US Plant Patent PP36551

Little Miss Sunshine

Hesperaloe parviflora plant named ‘Little Miss Sunshine’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 27, 2044.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 5, 2044. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP36551, the photograph of Little Miss Sunshine printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36551, reproduced as printed. The patent carries the notice copyright 2007, which under 37 CFR 1.71(e) is given alongside permission to reproduce the document.

The record

Patent number: PP36551
Filed: February 5, 2024
Granted: March 18, 2025
Expires: February 27, 2044
Assignee: SHIPLEY NICHOLAS BENOIT
Inventor: SHIPLEY NICHOLAS BENOIT

Abstract

A new and distinct Hesperaloe parviflora plant named ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ is characterized by a compact, upright, formal, semidwarf growth form with upright inflorescences bearing tubular yellow flowers.

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 Hesperaloe parviflora plant named ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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