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US Plant Patent PP29461

King Kong

Ligularia plant named ‘King Kong’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 12, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 12, 2036. This patent earned 123 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29461, the photograph of King Kong printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29461, 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
PP29461
Filed
May 12, 2016
Granted
July 3, 2018
Expires
September 12, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental ligularia plant, Ligularia ‘King Kong’ with compact habit, vertical peduncle of dense clusters of large, upright, capitate, golden flowers on branched greyed-purple panicle. The shiny, magenta, orbicular to reniform leaves with coarsely serrated margins emerge from the ground on greyed-purple pubescent petioles and develop into a purplish dark-green by late summer flowering.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental ligularia plant named Ligularia ‘King Kong’, as herein described and illustrated, suitable as a potted plant, cut flower, for the garden as a foliage and flower accent or en masse.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29461 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.