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US Plant Patent PP24788

Purrsian Blue

Nepeta plant named ‘Purrsian Blue’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 12, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 16, 2033. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24788, the photograph of Purrsian Blue printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24788, 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
PP24788
Filed
March 16, 2013
Granted
August 19, 2014
Expires
April 12, 2033
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HURD KEVIN A
Inventor
HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new and distinct hardy perennial plant, Nepeta ‘Purssian Blue’, has rounded, short and compact habit with mostly upright stems. The foliage is small and serrate with slightly rounded teeth. Flowers are a periwinkle blue with persistent dark-purple to magenta-purple calyces.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. The new and distinct hardy perennial plant, Nepeta ‘Purssian Blue’ essentially as herein described and photographed 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 PP24788 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.