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US Plant Patent PP31282

Flashpoint

Kniphofia plant named ‘Flashpoint’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 22, 2038.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 28, 2038. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31282, the photograph of Flashpoint printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31282, 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
PP31282
Filed
November 28, 2018
Granted
December 24, 2019
Expires
December 22, 2038
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Red Hot Poker plant named Kniphofia ‘Flashpoint’ with long, gracefully-arching, strap-like, keeled, glaucous, gray-green foliage and numerous scapes beginning in mid-summer and repeating though early fall. Habit is densely-growing, winter-hardy and tolerant of heat. Numerous scapes with dense flowers of intense chartreuse-yellow buds and creamy flowers. The new plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or as a long-lasting cut flower.

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 cultivar of Kniphofia plant named ‘Flashpoint’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31282 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.