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US Plant Patent PP21329

Triple Play

Phlox plant named ‘Triple Play’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 16, 2029.

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 PP21329, the photograph of Triple Play printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21329, 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
PP21329
Filed
September 16, 2009
Granted
September 28, 2010
Expires
September 16, 2029
Inventor
SACKS JANET L; SCHAFER MARTIN C

Abstract

A new cultivar of Phlox , ‘Triple Play’, characterized by its flowers that are pink in color with a darker pink eye zone, its variegated foliage with green centers and a creamy white margins that are flushed with pink when grown under cool temperatures (spring and autumn), its short stature, and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Triple Play’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21329 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.