US Plant Patent PP26614

SMVACBD

Vitex plant named ‘SMVACBD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 4, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 21, 2034. This patent earned 105 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP26614
Filed: June 21, 2014
Granted: April 19, 2016
Expires: October 4, 2034
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC, WOOD TIMOTHY D
Inventor: WOOD TIMOTHY D

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Vitex plant named ‘SMVACBD’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; full and dense plants; freely flowering habit; violet blue-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliar plane on upright panicles; and good garden performance.

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 Vitex plant named ‘SMVACBD’ as illustrated and described.

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