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US Plant Patent PP26425

WALFINB

Sambucus plant named ‘WALFINB’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 15, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 17, 2033. This patent earned 149 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26425, the photograph of WALFINB printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26425, 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
PP26425
Filed
December 17, 2013
Granted
February 23, 2016
Expires
May 15, 2034
Assignee
BROOKS SARAH E, WALMSLEY ALAN G
Inventor
WALMSLEY ALAN G; BROOKS SARAH E

Abstract

A new cultivar of Sambucus named ‘WALFINB’ that is characterized by its compact and short plant habit, its stiff dense branches with short internode lengths and an arching habit, its bright gold foliage that is deeply dissected, its very early flowering prior to leafing out in February and March in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands, its large inflorescences that open from large peony-like inflorescence buds, and its red berries if cross-pollination occurs.

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 Sambucus plant named ‘WALFINB’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26425 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.