US Plant Patent PP30052

Blackbeard

Penstemon plant named ‘Blackbeard’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 14, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 21, 2036. This patent earned 55 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP30052
Filed: December 21, 2016
Granted: January 1, 2019
Expires: February 14, 2037
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental, winter-hardy, beardtongue plant, Penstemon ‘Blackbeard’ with strictly upright, tightly-compact strong stems, lilac purple flowers for about four weeks and dark purple foliage. Useful in the landscape as a specimen plant, en masse or contain plant, and attractive to hummingbirds.

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 hardy beardtongue plant, Penstemon ‘Blackbeard’ as herein described and illustrated.

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