US Plant Patent PP19940

Kerguelen

Camellia plant named ‘Kerguelen’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 14, 2028.

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: PP19940
Filed: May 14, 2008
Granted: April 21, 2009
Expires: May 14, 2028
Assignee: STERVINOU ALAIN
Inventor: STERVINOU ALAIN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Camellia japonica named ‘Kerguelen’, characterized by its variegated foliage with dark green centers and yellow-green to green-white margins, its broadly upright and compact bushy habit, its thick, leathery, evergreen foliage, its fully double flowers that are light coral pink in color, and its cold hardiness to at least in U.S.D.A. Zone 7.

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 Camellia plant named ‘Kerguelen’ as herein illustrated and described.

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