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US Plant Patent PP22538

Cherry Sparkler

Pennisetum plant named ‘Cherry Sparkler’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 22, 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 PP22538, the photograph of Cherry Sparkler printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22538, 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
PP22538
Filed
November 22, 2010
Granted
February 28, 2012
Expires
November 22, 2030
Assignee
ITSAUL PLANTS LLC, STRASKO RONALD, STEVER KAREN R
Inventor
STEVER KAREN R; STRASKO RONALD

Abstract

A new cultivar of Pennisetum setaceum named ‘Cherry Sparkler’, characterized by its variegated foliage with distinct longitudinal stripes that are creamy white and green in color and flushed with pink when exposed to full sun with greater expression of the pink flush when growing in cooler temperatures, its height of 91 to 102 cm, and its blooms that open burgundy in color.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Pennisetum plant named ‘Cherry Sparkler’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22538 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.