US Plant Patent PP24312

Sweet 16

Salvia plant named ‘Sweet 16’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 3, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 14, 2032. This patent earned 171 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24312
Filed: February 14, 2012
Granted: March 11, 2014
Expires: August 3, 2032
Assignee: HURD KEVIN A, WALTER GARDENS INC
Inventor: HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Sweet 16’ characterized by its large deep fuchsia-pink flowers densely arranged in whorls, with compact habit and branched scapes and strong vigorous growth rate.

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 Salvia plant named ‘Sweet 16’ as herein described and illustrated useful for landscaping as a specimen plant, en masse or as a cut flower.

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