US Plant Patent PP15474

Bigun

Liriope muscari plant named ‘Bigun’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 14, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 12, 2024. This patent earned 32 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15474, the photograph of Bigun printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15474, 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: PP15474
Filed: April 12, 2004
Granted: January 11, 2005
Expires: May 14, 2024
Assignee: PLANT DEV SERVICES INC
Inventor: BERRY JAMES BRYAN

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Liriope plant named ‘Bigun’ found as an openly pollinated seedling of Liriope muscari ‘Big Blue’. The new variety is characterized by its wide, slightly twisted, dark green foliage, and attractive dark violet flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Liriope plant named ‘Bigun’, as illustrated and described.

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