US Plant Patent PP15846

USPHL03

Phlox plant named ‘USPHL03’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 24, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 19, 2024. This patent earned 96 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15846
Filed: April 19, 2004
Granted: July 12, 2005
Expires: July 24, 2024
Assignee: PLANT 21 LLC
Inventor: SAKAZAKI USHIO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘USPHL03’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; attractive dark purple-colored flowers with a red purple-colored star pattern at the center; freely and continuous flowering habit; and good garden performance.

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 ‘USPHL03’, as illustrated and described.

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