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US Plant Patent PP24486

Bottle Rocket

Ligularia plant named ‘Bottle Rocket’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 3, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 2, 2032. This patent earned 183 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24486, the photograph of Bottle Rocket printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24486, 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
PP24486
Filed
February 2, 2012
Granted
May 20, 2014
Expires
August 3, 2032
Assignee
HURD KEVIN A, WALTERS GARDEN INC
Inventor
HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Ligularia plant, Ligularia ‘Bottle Rocket’ with compact habit, vertical columnar scapes producing dense clusters of golden yellow inflorescences and broad bidentate to palmatifid incised dark green leaves.

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 ornamental Ligularia plant, Ligularia ‘Bottle Rocket’, as herein described and illustrated, suitable as a potted plant, cut flower, for the garden as an accent or en masse.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24486 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.