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US Plant Patent PP27461

Opening Act White

Phlox plant named ‘Opening Act White’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 7, 2035.

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 PP27461, the photograph of Opening Act White printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27461, 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
PP27461
Filed
October 7, 2015
Granted
December 13, 2016
Expires
October 7, 2035
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct plant cultivar of garden phlox named Phlox ‘Opening Act Blush’ with sweet-smelling white flowers on broad strong mostly upright stems over a long period beginning early June and reblooming into October. The foliage is highly powdery mildew resistant and the new plant is especially suitable in the garden as a specimen or en masse, potted plant or patio, for color, fragrance and 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 plant of hybrid garden phlox, Phlox ‘Opening Act White’, as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27461 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.