US Plant Patent PP19655

Betty Tam

Wisteria plant named ‘Betty Tam’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 22, 2027.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP19655
Filed: August 22, 2007
Granted: January 20, 2009
Expires: August 22, 2027
Assignee: GREENLEAF NURSERY COMPANY
Inventor: TAM PATRICK

Abstract

A new cultivar of Wisteria floribunda named ‘Betty Tam’, characterized by its repeat blooming habit, its large panicles of blue-violet flowers, its cold hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zone 5 and its vigorous growth rate and ease of propagation.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Wisteria plant named ‘Betty Tam’ as herein illustrated and described.

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