US Plant Patent PP28737

Early Bird

Phlox plant named ‘Early Bird’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 26, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP28737
Filed: July 26, 2016
Granted: December 5, 2017
Expires: July 26, 2036
Assignee: CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC, AULT JAMES ROBERT
Inventor: AULT JAMES ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Phlox plant named, ‘Early Bird’, that is characterized by its early bloom period that begins in mid-April, peaks in late April, and lasts four to five weeks, its large, overlapping, conspicuous striae that are deep purplish red in color, its flowers that are deep purplish pink in color, and its flowers that cover 100% of the plant at peak bloom.

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 Phlox plant named ‘Early Bird’ as herein illustrated and described.

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