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US Plant Patent PP23181

Banana Cream

Leucanthemum plant named ‘Banana Cream’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 4, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 19, 2030. This patent earned 319 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23181, the photograph of Banana Cream printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23181, 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
PP23181
Filed
April 19, 2010
Granted
November 13, 2012
Expires
March 4, 2031
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HURD KEVIN A
Inventor
HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new Shasta Daisy plant, Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’, is a sturdy plant with dark green serrated foliage, strong heavily-branched stems, and flowering with large terminal heads and numerous axillary heads having ray petals starting off light lemon yellow and brightening to near white. The new plant is useful for long-flowering attractive landscaping in borders, in mass, as accent plants, containerized for patio or indoor use, or as a cut flower.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. The new and distinct Shasta Daisy plant, Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’ as herein shown and described useful for long-flowering attractive landscaping in borders, in mass, as accent plants, containerized for patio or indoor use, or as a cut flower.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23181 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.