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US Plant Patent PP34506

Backlight

Phlox plant named ‘Backlight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 11, 2041.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 29, 2041. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP34506, the photograph of Backlight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34506, 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
PP34506
Filed
June 29, 2021
Granted
August 16, 2022
Expires
September 11, 2041
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A unique cultivar of Tall Phlox plant named ‘Backlight’ characterized by vigorous, dense, upright, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with dark-green, lanceolate leaves. Flowering begins in late-July and continuing for up to five weeks in cooler weather conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the top of the plant in peak season. Petals are white with a pale yellow eye. The new plant shows excellent powdery mildew resistance. The new plant is especially suitable for a cut flower, for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.

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 Tall Phlox, Phlox plant named ‘Backlight’, as herein described and illustrated.

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