US Plant Patent PP28759

Sweet Macchiato

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Sweet Macchiato’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 9, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2036. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP28759
Filed: June 17, 2016
Granted: December 12, 2017
Expires: July 9, 2036
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Sweet Macchiato’ has a short 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 and hot-pink colored.

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 ‘Sweet Macchiato’ essentially as herein illustrated and described.

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