US Plant Patent PP9698
Sunrise
Abelia×grandiflora `Sunrise`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 8, 2015. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9698
- Filed
- August 8, 1995
- Granted
- November 19, 1996
- Expires
- August 8, 2015
- Assignee
- TAYLOR S NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- MORALES-MARTINEZ JO A; MCCRACKEN THOMAS P
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Abeliaxgrandiflora characterized by its low mounding growth habit, unique yellow variegated foliage in winter; its dark red stems and few flowers. The new variety is further characterized by its drought tolerance, insect and disease resistance and dense branching.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. We claim the new and distinct variety of Abelia×grandiflora herein described and illustrated and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.
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