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US Plant Patent PP28556

Summer's Swan Song

Vernonia plant named ‘Summer's Swan Song’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 5, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 10, 2036. This patent earned 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28556, the photograph of Summer's Swan Song printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28556, 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
PP28556
Filed
March 10, 2016
Granted
October 24, 2017
Expires
April 5, 2036
Assignee
CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC, AULT JAMES ROBERT
Inventor
AULT JAMES ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Vernonia plant, ‘Summer's Swan Song’, that is characterized by its compact, bushy habit with stems that do not lodge, its inflorescence branches that are longer than other Vernonia varieties forming an interlocking network of branches that add to the overall plant sturdiness and resistance to stem lodging, its foliage and stems that are tinted red and purple in color, its high 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 Swan Song’ as described and illustrated herein.

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