US Plant Patent PP21437

Thunder and Lightning

Knautia plant named ‘Thunder and Lightning’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 14, 2029.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP21437
Filed: September 14, 2009
Granted: November 2, 2010
Expires: September 14, 2029
Assignee: SUNNY BORDER NURSERIES INC
Inventor: LAVIANA MARC R

Abstract

A new cultivar of Knautia ‘Thunder and Lightning’ characterized by variegated foliage with green centers and white margins, its short stature, its long blooming period and its bright red-purple inflorescences that are subtended by variegated involucral bracts.

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 Knautia plant named ‘Thunder and Lightning’ as herein illustrated and described.

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