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US Plant Patent PP24399

BLONDIE

Phormium plant named ‘BLONDIE’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 17, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 23, 2032. This patent earned 268 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24399, the photograph of BLONDIE printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24399, 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
PP24399
Filed
January 23, 2012
Granted
April 22, 2014
Expires
October 17, 2032
Assignee
HANDYSIDE PAUL ROBERT
Inventor
HANDYSIDE PAUL ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Phormium plant named ‘BLONDIE’ that is characterized by pronounced arching habit and leaves which are long and narrow and strongly reflexed. The leaves of ‘BLONDIE’ are variegated, consisting of predominantly cream colored leaf blades within bands of green which are themselves bordered by thin greyed-purple outer margins. ‘BLONDIE’ has a multiplication rate between six-fold and eight-fold in each season and is hardy to USDA Zone 7. No flowers have been observed on mature plants of ‘BLONDIE’ to date. In combination these traits set ‘BLONDIE’ apart from all other existing varieties of Phormium known to the inventor.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Phormium plant named ‘BLONDIE’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24399 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.