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US Plant Patent PP23265

Shockwave

Phlox paniculata plant named ‘Shockwave’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 17, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 12, 2031. This patent earned 97 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23265, the photograph of Shockwave printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23265, 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
PP23265
Filed
July 12, 2011
Granted
December 18, 2012
Expires
October 17, 2031
Assignee
LEMBERGER LONETTE A, Walers Gardens Inc
Inventor
LEMBERGER LONETTE A

Abstract

A new and unique cultivar of Tall Garden Phlox named Phlox paniculata ‘Shockwave’ that has variegated leaf margins emerging bright chartreuse and lightening to a creamy yellow and green center, foliage highly resistant to powdery mildew and floriferous stems of about 30 to 45 cm tall producing sweetly-fragrant lavender-pink flowers with white center and lavender-pink eye zones especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.

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 Tall Garden Phlox, Phlox paniculata ‘Shockwave’, as herein described and illustrated, especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23265 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.