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US Plant Patent PP28518

Purple Tears

Panicum plant named ‘Purple Tears’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 26, 2036.

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 PP28518, the photograph of Purple Tears printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28518, 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
PP28518
Filed
May 26, 2016
Granted
October 10, 2017
Expires
May 26, 2036
Inventor
OUDOLF PIET

Abstract

A new cultivar of Panicum named ‘Purple Tears’ that is characterized by its plant height of 120 cm, its flowering spikes that have gray color at the top, its seed heads that are purple in color and its upright plant habit.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Panicum plant named ‘Purple Tears’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28518 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.