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US Plant Patent PP15243

Monrue

Buxus plant named ‘Monrue’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 1, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15243, the photograph of Monrue printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15243, 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
PP15243
Filed
December 1, 2003
Granted
October 19, 2004
Expires
December 1, 2023
Inventor
RUSOW GREG

Abstract

A new and distinct Buxus plant named ‘Monrue’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit and short internodes; dense and bushy plant form; dark green foliage color that is retained throughout the year; and relative resistance to root rot pathogens common to Buxus .

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Buxus plant named ‘Monrue’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15243 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.