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US Plant Patent PP23406

Everoro

Carex plant named ‘Everoro’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 14, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 20, 2031. This patent earned 117 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23406, the photograph of Everoro printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23406, 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
PP23406
Filed
May 20, 2011
Granted
February 19, 2013
Expires
September 14, 2031
Inventor
FITZGERALD PAT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Carex oshimensis , ‘Everoro’, characterized its foliage that is variegated with leaf centers that are golden yellow in color and wide margins that are dark green in color, its compact clump-forming growth habit, its ability to be readily propagated by rhizome division and basal cuttings, and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 6 to 9.

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 Carex plant named ‘Everoro’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23406 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.