US Plant Patent PP15998

Katerberg

Buxus plant named ‘Katerberg’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 7, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 28, 2024. This patent earned 40 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15998, the photograph of Katerberg printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15998, 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: PP15998
Filed: June 28, 2004
Granted: September 27, 2005
Expires: August 7, 2024
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: KATERBERG GERARD

Abstract

A new and distinct Buxus plant named ‘Katerberg’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit and short internodes; dense and bushy plant form; attractive green foliage color; and good low temperature tolerance.

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

1. A new and distinct Buxus plant named ‘Katerberg’, as illustrated and described.

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