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US Plant Patent PP26360

Violin Music

Salvia plant named ‘Violin Music’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 12, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2033. This patent earned 163 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26360, the photograph of Violin Music printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26360, 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
PP26360
Filed
September 30, 2013
Granted
January 26, 2016
Expires
March 12, 2034
Inventor
BERNABE CATHERINE

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Salvia , ‘Violin Music’, that is characterized by its flowers that are a bright violet in color, its short plant height with an upright and spreading plant habit, and its black-purple calyces and flowering stems.

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 ‘Violin Music’ as herein illustrated and described.

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