JA1966

JA1966

Athyrium plant named ‘JA1966’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 6, 2042.

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 PP35212, the photograph of JA1966 printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35212, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct fern variety, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘JA1966’, is disclosed. The new variety is a distinct sterile hybrid mutation of the ‘Ghost’ variety characterized by exceptional grey-green colored, vertical new fronds that change color to black with arching fronds as the leaf ages. The new variety displays a stark contrast of its immature grey-green colored fronds with its mature black colored fronds.

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We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Athyrium plant named ‘JA1966’ characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms new erect fronds of glowing grey-green colored foliage that gradually change to arching and black colored with a unique contrast of color, (b) is sterile, and (c) exhibits no stems above ground; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35212 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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