US Plant Patent PP19550

Blue Diamond

Blue spruce tree named ‘Blue Diamond’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 19, 2027.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP19550
Filed: March 19, 2007
Granted: December 9, 2008
Expires: March 19, 2027
Assignee: VLIET BOOMKWEKERIJEN B V GEB V
Inventor: KOOLS NELIS

Abstract

A blue spruce tree particularly distinguished by its strong, upright and pyramidal growth habit, propagation through cuttings rather than grafting and intense blue-colored foliage, is disclosed.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of blue spruce tree as shown and described herein.

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