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US Plant Patent PP23578

Amistad

Salvia plant named ‘Amistad’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 30, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 8, 2031. This patent earned 114 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23578, the photograph of Amistad printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23578, 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
PP23578
Filed
August 8, 2011
Granted
April 30, 2013
Expires
November 30, 2031
Inventor
RICHARDS RODNEY W; URIA ROLANDO ANIBAL

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Salvia , ‘Amistad’ characterized by its flowers that are mauve purple in color, its blooms that commences early in the season, its long blooming habit with new shoots producing flowers throughout the summer, its sterility, and its relatively short height, and its growth habit that lacks spreading roots.

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 cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Amistad’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23578 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.