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US Plant Patent PP25193

OPSTAL40

Abelia plant named ‘OPSTAL40’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 27, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 1, 2032. This patent earned 177 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25193, the photograph of OPSTAL40 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25193, 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
PP25193
Filed
November 1, 2012
Granted
December 30, 2014
Expires
April 27, 2033
Assignee
VAN OPSTAL RON, RON VAN OPSTAL HOLDING BV
Inventor
VAN OPSTAL RON

Abstract

A new cultivar of Abelia×grandiflora named ‘Opstal40’ that is characterized by its foliage that is irregularly variegated in spring and early summer with green centers and yellow margins and becoming suffused with orange and then red in mid summer through fall, its numerous blooms that open pinkish white in color and mature to white with red sepals, and its upright and broadly spreading plant habit.

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 cultivar of Abelia plant named ‘Opstal40’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25193 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.