US Plant Patent PP28778

Like a Latte

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Like a Latte’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 12, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2036. This patent earned 25 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP28778
Filed: June 17, 2016
Granted: December 19, 2017
Expires: July 12, 2036
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Like a Latte’ has a short broad-rounded habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has glossy reddish mahogany foliage that develops to a dark olive green color. The flowers are fragrant, large, self-cleaning white colored on current season growth.

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 crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Like a Latte’ essentially as herein illustrated and described.

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