US Plant Patent PP27192

Little Madame

Vitex negundo plant named ‘Little Madame’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 17, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 29, 2035. This patent earned 108 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP27192
Filed: January 29, 2015
Granted: September 27, 2016
Expires: May 17, 2035
Assignee: UNIV GEORGIA
Inventor: ROBACKER CAROL D; KNAUFT DAVID A

Abstract

A new vitex plant named ‘Little Madame’ has violet blue flowers with a blotch of white on the anterior lip, has a compact form, a short internode length with nodes often having multiple branches. ‘Little Madame’ has mostly three to five leaflets and leaf margins that vary from entire to jagged.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of the Vitex negundo plant named ‘Little Madame’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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