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US Plant Patent PP26243

Lipstick

Lychnis plant named ‘Lipstick’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 15, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 3, 2034. This patent earned 73 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26243, the photograph of Lipstick printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26243, 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
PP26243
Filed
March 3, 2014
Granted
December 15, 2015
Expires
May 15, 2034
Assignee
PROBST DARRELL R
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of Lychnis , ‘Lipstick’, characterized by its sturdy and well-branched erect stems up to 45 cm in height, its large flowers that are red in color, its red flowers that are large in comparison to the species, its foliage that is red-purple in color when young and mature to dark green suffused with purple with the purple coloration maintained well into the season, its long-lived habit and its reliable cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lychnis plant named ‘Lipstick’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26243 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.