US Plant Patent PP24644
Dark Lady
Variety of basil plant named ‘Dark Lady’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 4, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 7, 2032. This patent earned 119 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24644
- Filed
- March 7, 2012
- Granted
- July 15, 2014
- Expires
- July 4, 2032
- Assignee
- Herbalea GmbH, SCHÄFER UDO
- Inventor
- SCHÄFER UDO
Abstract
‘Dark Lady’ is a new variety of basil plant having tolerance to low temperatures, a sweet-spicy taste, and dark violet leaves with prominent veins.
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 variety of basil plant named ‘Dark Lady’ as herein described and illustrated.
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