US Plant Patent PP15178

Saxon Gold

Abelia plant named ‘Saxon Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 20, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 20, 2023. This patent earned 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15178
Filed: May 20, 2003
Granted: September 28, 2004
Expires: June 20, 2023
Inventor: WINWOOD GARRY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Abelia named ‘Saxon Gold’ that is characterized by golden-yellow foliage and a profusion of pale violet flowers in summer. In combination these traits set ‘Saxon Gold’ apart from all other existing varieties of Abelia known to the inventor.

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 variety of Abelia plant named ‘Saxon Gold’ as described and illustrated.

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