US Plant Patent PP26855

SMEV5

Viola plant named ‘SMEV5’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 10, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 21, 2034. This patent earned 111 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP26855
Filed: August 21, 2014
Granted: June 21, 2016
Expires: December 10, 2034
Assignee: EGGLETON STEVE
Inventor: EGGLETON STEVE

Abstract

A new variety of Viola plant named ‘SMEV5’ that is distinguishable by compact dome-shaped habit, fragrant violet colored flowers consisting of dark violet upper petals and violet lateral and lower petals which exhibit prominent dark violet veins, flowers having a small bright yellow eye, hardy in USDA Zone 5, and blooms from early spring through fall, is disclosed.

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 cultivar of Viola plant named ‘SMEV5’ as described and illustrated herein.

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