US Plant Patent PP17360

Hiram Saunders

Buxus sempervirens ‘Hiram Saunders’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 28, 2025. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17360, the photograph of Hiram Saunders printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17360, 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: PP17360
Filed: February 28, 2005
Granted: January 16, 2007
Expires: April 7, 2025
Assignee: PLANT DEV SERVICES INC
Inventor: SAUNDERS HIRAM WADE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Buxus sempervirens plant which possesses a compact growth habit and attractive glossy evergreen foliage.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Buxus plant named ‘Hiram Saunders’, as illustrated and described.

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