US Plant Patent PP28353

Sweetheart

Viola plant named ‘Sweetheart’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 30, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2036. This patent earned 16 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP28353
Filed: January 14, 2016
Granted: August 29, 2017
Expires: January 30, 2036
Assignee: CHAPMAN ROBERT
Inventor: CHAPMAN ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Viola plant named ‘Sweetheart’ that is distinguishable by compact basally branching habit, medium to large single blooms which are predominantly cream-yellow in color, fringed with lavender-blue margins, and flowers which are heavily pleasantly fragrant. ‘Sweetheart’ is hardy in USDA Zone 5 and blooms from early spring through fall.

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 ‘Sweetheart’ as described and illustrated herein.

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