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US Plant Patent PP31732

Opening Act Pink-a-Dot

Phlox plant named ‘Opening Act Pink-a-Dot’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 6, 2039.

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 PP31732, the photograph of Opening Act Pink-a-Dot printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31732, 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
PP31732
Filed
August 6, 2019
Granted
May 5, 2020
Expires
August 6, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique hybrid cultivar of garden phlox named Phlox ‘Opening Act Pink-a-Dot’ multi-stemmed, medium upright height, slowly-spreading habit with clean, medium-green, glossy, lanceolate leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Foliage is thick and leathery on stiff stems. Flowers are near white with deep pink eye resembling a star, produced on branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning early summer, about two weeks prior typical Phlox paniculata cultivars and continuing for about five weeks. ‘Opening Act Pink-a-Dot’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.

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 hybrid phlox plant named Phlox ‘Opening Act Pink-a-Dot’, as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31732 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.