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US Plant Patent PP31487

Perfectly Puzzling

Phlox plant named ‘Perfectly Puzzling’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 18, 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 PP31487, the photograph of Perfectly Puzzling printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31487, 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
PP31487
Filed
March 18, 2019
Granted
February 25, 2020
Expires
March 18, 2039
Assignee
CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC, AULT JAMES ROBERT
Inventor
AULT JAMES ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Phlox plant named, ‘Perfectly Puzzling’, that is characterized by its flowers that vary in color from near white to light to medium raspberry violet; the different color flowers can be evident on a plant at the same time, its petals that are non-overlapping, notched (bifid) and narrow resulting in a “starry” appearance that is unusual for a moss Phlox, its petals with medium to dark violet striae at the base, and its flowers that are smaller in size than most moss Phlox, however the flowers still cover the plants 100% at peak bloom.

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 ‘Perfectly Puzzling’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31487 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.