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US Plant Patent PP20680

Shell Dancer

Salvia plant named ‘Shell Dancer’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 15, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20680, the photograph of Shell Dancer printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20680, 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
PP20680
Filed
July 15, 2008
Granted
January 26, 2010
Expires
July 15, 2028
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
SMITH M NEVIN

Abstract

A new and distinct Salvia plant is provided resulting from a controlled cross between an unnamed Salvia microphylla plant and a Salvia×jamensis ‘Sierra San Antonio’ plant. Seedlings were produced and the new cultivar resulted from the selective study of the resulting progeny. Multi-toned blossoms of good substance are prolifically formed over an extended period of time. The growth habit is bushy, and attractive large bright leaves are displayed. The plant also exhibits a propensity to vigorously regrow following pruning and is well suited to provide attractive ornamentation.

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

1. A new and distinct Sylvia plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) displays a bushy growth habit; (b) prolifically forms attractive substantial multi-toned blossoms over an extended period of time; (c) displays attractive large bright leaves, and (d) exhibits a propensity to vigorously regrow following pruning; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20680 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.