US Plant Patent PP25795
SMHKBF
Hypericum plant named ‘SMHKBF’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 21, 2033.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 11, 2033. This patent earned 71 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP25795
- Filed
- October 11, 2013
- Granted
- August 11, 2015
- Expires
- December 21, 2033
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC, WOOD TIMOTHY D
- Inventor
- WOOD TIMOTHY D
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant named ‘SMHKBF’, characterized by its compact and uniformly low mounding plant habit; blue-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; bright yellow-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
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 Hypericum plant named ‘SMHKBF’ as illustrated and described.
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