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US Plant Patent PP26273

Violet Riot

Salvia plant named ‘Violet Riot’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 5, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 2, 2034. This patent earned 125 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26273, the photograph of Violet Riot printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26273, 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
PP26273
Filed
April 2, 2014
Granted
December 22, 2015
Expires
August 5, 2034
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named ‘Violet Riot’ characterized by its large vivid violet-blue flowers with deep purple calyxes densely arranged in verticils, compact rounded habit with stiff, upright, branched stems and strong vigorous winter-hardy growth rate and gray-green foliage.

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

It is claimed: 1. The new and distinct perennial Salvia plant named ‘Violet Riot’ as herein described and illustrated useful for landscaping as a specimen plant, en masse or as a cut flower.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26273 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.