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US Plant Patent PP23977

B Marley

Canna plant named ‘B Marley’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 27, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 25, 2032. This patent earned 93 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23977, the photograph of B Marley printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23977, 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
PP23977
Filed
January 25, 2012
Granted
October 8, 2013
Expires
April 27, 2032
Assignee
RINCK MICHAEL C
Inventor
RINCK MICHAEL C

Abstract

A new cultivar of Canna plant named ‘B Marley’, that is characterized by its foliage that is highly variegated with stripes of dark green, red, yellow, orange and bright green with a green mid rib with leaves maturing to dark green with mauve striping, its flowering stems that are a blend of maroon in color and green in color, its highly suckering growth habit, its compact plant habit in width, and its flowers that are orange with a thin reddish orange margin on its staminodes.

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 cultivar of Canna plant named ‘B Marley’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23977 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.