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US Plant Patent PP31170

Pink Minuet

Phlox plant named ‘Pink Minuet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 1, 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 PP31170, the photograph of Pink Minuet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31170, 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
PP31170
Filed
February 1, 2019
Granted
December 3, 2019
Expires
February 1, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox named Phlox ‘Pink Minuet’ characterized by multi-stemmed, heavily branched, compact, mounded, winter-hardy habit, producing short, bright glossy-green, awl-shaped leaves. Numerous flowers begin in late-April for three weeks on moderately-branched peduncles, nearly completely covering the plant in peak season. Flowers sporadically for four or five weeks later in the season. Petals are rosy-pink with two small striae marks in the center eye of dark-purple. Petal apices are shallowly notched. Foliage stays clean and resists mildew, and the new plant is especially suitable as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.

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 Phlox plant named ‘Pink Minuet’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31170 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.