US Plant Patent PP12969

Empty Feelings

Phlox plant named ‘Empty Feelings’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 8, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 30, 2021. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12969, the photograph of Empty Feelings printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12969, 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: PP12969
Filed: April 30, 2001
Granted: September 17, 2002
Expires: June 8, 2021
Assignee: R VAN GAALEN B V
Inventor: VAN GAALEN IRENAEUS ANTONIUS M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Empty Feelings’, characterized by its upright plant habit; dark green leaves; and panicles of dark red bract-like structures.

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 ‘Empty Feelings’, as illustrated and described.

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