US Plant Patent PP21097

Mes Azur

Salvia plant named ‘Mes Azur’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 13, 2029.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 18, 2028. This patent earned 56 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP21097
Filed: November 18, 2008
Granted: June 22, 2010
Expires: January 13, 2029
Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
Inventor: PERKINS RALPH T

Abstract

A new Salvia plant named ‘Mes Azur,’ particularly distinguished by medium violet flower color, upright, well branched, dense and bushy habit, medium green foliage and large sized flowers that are early flowering.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Salvia plant named ‘Mes Azur,’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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