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US Plant Patent PP25786

Jax

Hippeastrum plant named ‘Jax’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 11, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 4, 2033. This patent earned 129 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25786, the photograph of Jax printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25786, 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
PP25786
Filed
September 4, 2013
Granted
August 4, 2015
Expires
January 11, 2034
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
MEEROW ALAN W

Abstract

A new and distinct diploid (2n=22) Hippeastrum interspecific hybrid plant named ‘JAX’ particularly characterized by semi-pendant trumpet-shaped flowers, measuring approximately 15-16 cm long, approximately 12-13.5 cm wide laterally, approximately 4-16 cm wide dorsal-ventrally, and with a unique color pattern of lightly striated amethyst (closest RHS Color Chart is red-purple 73A) on a white (RHS 155D) background, most prominently on the lateral inner tepals, with a picotee of the same color.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of amaryllis plant (genus Hippeastrum ) named ‘Jax’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25786 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.