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US Plant Patent PP28613

Pineapple Express

X Mangave plant named ‘Pineapple Express’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 18, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 29, 2036. This patent earned 81 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28613, the photograph of Pineapple Express printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28613, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP28613
Filed
March 29, 2016
Granted
November 7, 2017
Expires
June 18, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique X Mangave plant named ‘Pineapple Express’ characterized by rapid growth rate and compact habit of stiff, upright to outward pointing, succulent foliage gray-green coloring and burgundy speckling. The green flowers on heavily-branched, tall, stiff, purplish tinted scapes are loaded with nectar are highly attractive to hummingbirds.

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 ornamental X Mangave plant named ‘Pineapple Express’ as herein described and illustrated, suitable as a potted plant or for the garden.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28613 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.