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US Plant Patent PP28487

Amethyst Pearl

Phlox plant named ‘Amethyst Pearl’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 29, 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 PP28487, the photograph of Amethyst Pearl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28487, 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
PP28487
Filed
July 29, 2016
Granted
October 3, 2017
Expires
July 29, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique cultivar of garden phlox named Phlox ‘Amethyst Pearl’ multi-stemmed compact habit, slowly spread plant with bright, glossy-green, lanceolate leaves. Flowers are sweetly fragrant, light lavender-pink with white eye beginning very early in early June, continuing for about four weeks and repeating in early-fall. Foliage stays clean and resists mildew.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of hybrid phlox plant named Phlox ‘Amethyst Pearl’, 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 PP28487 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.