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US Plant Patent PP10067

Laurel Beth

Phlox plant named `Laurel Beth`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 10, 2016. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

The record

Patent number
PP10067
Filed
July 10, 1996
Granted
October 14, 1997
Expires
July 10, 2016
Inventor
HAMBY MICHAEL DAVID

Abstract

A distinctive cultivar of Phlox plant named `Laurel Beth`, characterized by its variegated leaves with green centers and distinct white leaf margins; white leaf margin that is tinged with dark rose coloration during cool temperatures; dark rose stem coloration during cool temperatures; and rose red apices during the early spring.

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 Phlox plant named `Laurel Beth`, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10067 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.