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US Plant Patent PP25478

PIILAG-IV

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘PIILAG-IV’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 13, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 8, 2033. This patent earned 189 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25478, the photograph of PIILAG-IV printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25478, 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
PP25478
Filed
March 8, 2013
Granted
April 28, 2015
Expires
September 13, 2033
Inventor
KARDOS JOSHUA H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘PIILAG-IV’, characterized by its upright growth habit, dark maroon-purple foliage, red flower buds opening to white flowers, and resistance to powdery mildew and Cercospora leaf spot.

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 Lagerstroemia plant named ‘PIILAG-IV’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25478 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.