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US Plant Patent PP24918

Forever Pink

Phlox plant named ‘Forever Pink’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 20, 2032.

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 PP24918, the photograph of Forever Pink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24918, 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
PP24918
Filed
December 20, 2012
Granted
September 23, 2014
Expires
December 20, 2032
Assignee
CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC, AULT JAMES R, THOMAS CATHERINE S
Inventor
AULT JAMES R; THOMAS CATHERINE S

Abstract

A new cultivar of Phlox , ‘Forever Pink’, characterized by its purplish pink flowers that are about 2.5 cm in diameter with the coloration uniform throughout the petals or with a very faint lighter eye, its heavy bloom with almost compete coverage of the plant for three weeks in June in northern Illinois and followed by repeat bloom that covers up of 15% of the plant until late October, its sterility, its strong stems that do not lodge, its compact plant habit, and its high level of resistance to powdery mildew.

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 ‘Forever Pink’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24918 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.