US Plant Patent PP22977

Sky Walker

Buxus plant named ‘Sky Walker’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 27, 2031.

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: PP22977
Filed: April 27, 2011
Granted: August 21, 2012
Expires: April 27, 2031
Assignee: ELLERBROOK MARK
Inventor: ELLERBROOK MARK

Abstract

A new cultivar of Buxus semperivirens , ‘Sky Walker’, characterized by its very rapid growth rate that continues at least for six growing period, its very columnar plant habit with a low amount of lateral branching, its foliage with good color retention throughout the growing season, its greater degree of resistance to root diseases than is typical of Buxus.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Buxus plant named ‘Sky Walker’ as herein illustrated and described.

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