US Plant Patent PP19663

Shimmer

Oenothera plant named ‘Shimmer’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 2, 2027.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP19663
Filed: November 2, 2007
Granted: January 27, 2009
Expires: November 2, 2027
Assignee: OGDEN LAUREN S, OGDEN SCOTT
Inventor: OGDEN SCOTT; OGDEN LAUREN S

Abstract

A new cultivar of Oenothera plant named ‘SHIMMER’, a hardy deciduous herbaceous perennial, distinguishable by low-spreading habit, narrow silver, ribbon-like foliage, and bright butter-yellow flowers. In combination these traits set ‘SHIMMER’ apart from all other existing varieties of Oenothera known to the inventor.

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 Oenothera plant named ‘SHIMMER’ as described and illustrated herein.

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