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US Plant Patent PP28090

Jade Tuffet

Sedum plant named ‘Jade Tuffet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 8, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 24, 2035. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28090, the photograph of Jade Tuffet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28090, 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
PP28090
Filed
September 24, 2015
Granted
June 6, 2017
Expires
October 8, 2035
Assignee
HANSEN CHRISTOPHER M
Inventor
HANSEN CHRISTOPHER M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Sedum plant named ‘Jade Tuffet’ characterized by its very compact and mounded plant habit reaching about 38 cm in height, its foliage that is 70% smaller and narrower than is typical with similar sized sedum plants, its very heavy basal branching, its foliage that emerges in spring shiny green and turns reddish green during the summer months when grown under intense sun, its very large inflorescences of medium pink flowers that appear in late summer and completely surround the mound of foliage, its bright cherry red stems, and its very high resistance to foliage blight and powdery mildew.

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 variety of Sedum plant named ‘Jade Tuffet’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28090 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.