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US Plant Patent PP20458

Bailnce

Syringa plant named ‘Bailnce’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 1, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 18, 2028. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20458, the photograph of Bailnce printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20458, 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
PP20458
Filed
April 18, 2008
Granted
November 10, 2009
Expires
July 1, 2028
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
BAILEY RODNEY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Syringa reticulata, ‘Bailnce’, characterized by its heavy and consistently annual blooming habit, its ability to produce blooms on young plants, its dark green leaves, its vase-shaped plant habit with horizontal branching, its essentially sterile flowers, its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 3 to 7, and its trouble free culture with suitability for planting in residential, park, and commercial areas.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lilac plant named ‘Bailnce’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20458 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.