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US Plant Patent PP28475

Summer's Surrender

Vernonia plant named ‘Summer's Surrender’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 31, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 10, 2036. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28475, the photograph of Summer's Surrender printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28475, 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
PP28475
Filed
March 10, 2016
Granted
October 3, 2017
Expires
March 31, 2036
Assignee
CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC, AULT JAMES ROBERT
Inventor
AULT JAMES ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Vernonia plant, ‘Summer's Surrender’, that is characterized by its bushy upright plant habit with stems that do not lodge, its plant habit that is distinctly more wide than tall, its foliage that is darker green in color, its resistance to rust and powdery mildew, in being reliably hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9 and in being very drought tolerant.

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 Vernonia plant designated ‘Summer's Surrender’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28475 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.