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US Plant Patent PP20947

Last Dance

Ligularia plant named ‘Last Dance’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 3, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20947, the photograph of Last Dance printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20947, 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
PP20947
Filed
December 3, 2008
Granted
April 27, 2010
Expires
December 3, 2028
Inventor
JOHNSON OZZIE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ligularia , ‘Last Dance’, an interspecific hybrid of Ligularia hiberniflora and Farfugium japonicum , characterized by its medium sized leaves with dentate margins, its compact plant habit, and its abundant bright yellow inflorescences that are densely arranged on well-branched scapes.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ligularia plant named ‘Last Dance’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20947 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.