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US Plant Patent PP22170

Pardon My Purple

Monarda plant named ‘Pardon My Purple’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 1, 2030.

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 PP22170, the photograph of Pardon My Purple printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22170, 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
PP22170
Filed
July 1, 2010
Granted
September 27, 2011
Expires
July 1, 2030
Inventor
HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental cultivar of ornamental Bee Balm named Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Purple’ has short, compact, branching stems, numerous dark fuchsia flowers and resistance to powdery mildew.

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 ornamental Bee Balm, Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Purple’, as herein described and illustrated, with short compact stems, numerous dark fuchsia flowers and resistance to powdery mildew especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22170 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.