US Plant Patent PP23906

Purple Magic

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Purple Magic’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 9, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 10, 2031. This patent earned 91 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP23906
Filed: November 10, 2011
Granted: September 17, 2013
Expires: February 9, 2032
Assignee: PLANT INTRODUCTIONS INC, KARDOS JOSHUA H
Inventor: KARDOS JOSHUA H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Purple Magic’, characterized by its compact, rounded to upright intermediate growth habit, reddish new growth, lustrous dark green foliage in summer, purple 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 ‘Purple Magic’, as illustrated and described herein.

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