US Plant Patent PP25305
PIIAB-II
Abelia plant named ‘PIIAB-II’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 24, 2033.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 14, 2033. This patent earned 132 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP25305
- Filed
- March 14, 2013
- Granted
- February 24, 2015
- Expires
- July 24, 2033
- Assignee
- PLANT INTRODUCTIONS INC, KARDOS JOSHUA H
- Inventor
- KARDOS JOSHUA H
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Abelia plant named ‘PIIAB-II’, characterized by its compact, mounding to spreading growth habit, bronze new growth that turns to yellow-green and finally matures to green, semi-evergreen foliage that does not photobleach or burn in full sun like some other yellow foliage cultivars, early and abundant flowering during the growing season, light pink flower buds that open to white flowers with persistent pink sepals.
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 Abelia plant named ‘PIIAB-II’, as illustrated and described herein.
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