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US Plant Patent PP19738

Sizzle Scissors

Acalypha plant named ‘Sizzle Scissors’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 2, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19738, the photograph of Sizzle Scissors printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19738, 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
PP19738
Filed
May 2, 2008
Granted
February 17, 2009
Expires
May 2, 2028
Inventor
FOUNTAIN BIRDIE L

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Acalypha plant named ‘Sizzle Scissors’, characterized by its compact, rounded, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; and deeply and irregularly crenate leaves that are green, pink and red purple in color.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Acalypha plant named ‘Sizzle Scissors’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19738 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.