US Plant Patent PP8395

Arctic Fox

Ajuga reptans variety named `Arctic Fox`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 6, 2012. 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: PP8395
Filed: July 6, 1992
Granted: September 28, 1993
Expires: July 6, 2012

Abstract

Ajuga reptans mutation, named Ajuga reptans Variety `Arctic Fox` which is of an absolutely unique coloration never before reported or described in Ajuga. It has leaves which are predominantly white or creamy-white; edged with a deep avacodo-green edging of varying width . . . with the green edging being ruffled, the degree of ruffling dependent upon the width of the green margin. Additionally . . . during cool periods of the year, the center of the leaf carries a mottled portion of silver-grey of varying size, lending an added enhancement to the already spectacular foliage effect.

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 Ajuga reptan named `Arctic Fox` substantially as described and illustrated.

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