US Plant Patent PP36726

Whitecaps

Stokesia plant named ‘Whitecaps’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 16, 2044.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP36726
Filed: April 16, 2024
Granted: June 3, 2025
Expires: April 16, 2044
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Stokesia laevis plant named ‘Whitecaps’ with extended blooming of composite flowers having white ray florets and disk florets with a tinge of pale pinkish-lavender displayed just above the rich dark-green foliage of rounded plants from early summer until late summer of into fall if deadheaded. The new plant is useful for garden landscapes, in containers, or as a cut flower.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Stokesia laevis plant named ‘Whitecaps’ as herein described and illustrated.

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