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US Plant Patent PP29509

Bubble Tea

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Bubble Tea’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 2, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 25, 2037. This patent earned 36 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29509, the photograph of Bubble Tea printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29509, 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
PP29509
Filed
January 25, 2017
Granted
July 17, 2018
Expires
March 2, 2037
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Bubble Tea’ has a dense, compact, rounded habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has deep green foliage slowly that emerges with a blush of burgundy. The flowers arise from shiny red buds, are fragrant, large, completely cover the shrub with their lilac-purple color. The new plant resists leaf spot and powdery mildew and is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.

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 cultivar of crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Bubble Tea’ essentially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29509 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.