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US Plant Patent PP32610

Whirlwind

Molinia plant named ‘Whirlwind’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 11, 2040.

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 PP32610, the photograph of Whirlwind printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32610, 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
PP32610
Filed
March 11, 2020
Granted
December 8, 2020
Expires
March 11, 2040
Inventor
HENDRICUS OUDOLF PETRUS

Abstract

A new cultivar of Molinia plant named ‘Whirlwind’ that is characterized by its plant size of 1.35 m in height and width, its elegant and rather open inflorescences that are light brown in color, its stem that remain upright and don't lodge until late fall, and its floriferous blooming habit.

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 Molinia plant named ‘Whirlwind’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32610 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.