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US Plant Patent PP31228

Popstar

Sedum plant named ‘Popstar’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 26, 2038.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 9, 2038. This patent earned 76 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31228, the photograph of Popstar printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31228, 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
PP31228
Filed
February 9, 2018
Granted
December 10, 2019
Expires
April 26, 2038
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Sedum plant named ‘Popstar’ is characterized by tight-forming compact clumps with small-sized, blue-green glaucous foliage blushed with greyed-purple on vertical to slightly arching branching stems flower stems that resist falling over and opening up in the center of the plant throughout the growing season. Numerous stems produce a multitude of flowers of mauve-pink effect completely covering the top of the plant. The new plant is useful for the landscape in containers, as specimens, en masse.

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 Sedum plant named ‘Popstar’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31228 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.