US Plant Patent PP26000
NCCX1
Beautyberry plant named ‘NCCX1’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 22, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 24, 2033. This patent earned 182 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26000
- Filed
- July 24, 2013
- Granted
- October 20, 2015
- Expires
- January 22, 2034
- Assignee
- UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
- Inventor
- RANNEY THOMAS G
Abstract
NCCX1′ is a new beautyberry plant particularly distinguished by an upright rounded habit, pink/purple flower color (RHS 75A), purple young shoots and emerging leaves, long peduncles and abundant purple fruit.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of beautyberry plant named ‘NCCX1,’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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