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US Plant Patent PP29234

Pardon My Cerise

Monarda plant named ‘Pardon My Cerise’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 19, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 10, 2036. This patent earned 40 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29234, the photograph of Pardon My Cerise printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29234, 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
PP29234
Filed
March 10, 2016
Granted
April 10, 2018
Expires
April 19, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A, HURD KEVIN A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A; HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental bee balm plant named Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Cerise’ has short, compact, basally branching stems, medium to dark green foliage with slight tinting of greyed purple, numerous large cerise-colored flowers creating excellent flower coverage and strong foliar resistance to powdery mildew.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental bee balm plant, Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Cerise’, as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29234 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.