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US Plant Patent PP27266

Zenith

Phlox plant named ‘Zenith’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 1, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 9, 2034. This patent earned 82 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27266, the photograph of Zenith printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27266, 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
PP27266
Filed
December 9, 2014
Granted
October 11, 2016
Expires
March 1, 2035
Inventor
OLIVER CHARLES G

Abstract

A new and distinct Phlox plant named ‘Zenith’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant form; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large rounded inflorescences with large pink-colored flowers; and resistance to Powdery Mildew.

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 Phlox plant named ‘Zenith’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27266 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.