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US Plant Patent PP30940

Kitten Around

Nepeta plant named ‘Kitten Around’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 24, 2038.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 15, 2037. This patent earned 160 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP30940, the photograph of Kitten Around printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30940, 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
PP30940
Filed
November 15, 2017
Granted
October 15, 2019
Expires
April 24, 2038
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hardy perennial plant, Nepeta ‘Kitten Around’, has rounded, very short and compact habit with mostly upright stems. The foliage is small, serrate and fragrant. Flowers are a periwinkle blue with persistent rosy-purple calyces. The new plant reblooms heavily if trimmed after initial flowering.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct hardy perennial Nepeta plant, named ‘Kitten Around’ essentially as herein described and illustrated useful for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or in a container to bring color and fragrance to a garden and attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30940 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.