US Plant Patent PP20228

Ice Ballet

Carex plant named ‘Ice Ballet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 6, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 17, 2027. This patent earned 112 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP20228
Filed: October 17, 2007
Granted: August 18, 2009
Expires: February 6, 2028
Assignee: SUNNY BORDER NURSERIES INC
Inventor: LAVIANA MARC R

Abstract

A new cultivar of Carex morrowii, ‘Ice Ballet’, characterized by its variegated foliage with creamy white margins and green centers with wider margins than is typical for other variegated cultivars of Carex morrowii, a clumping forming but slowly spreading habit with suitable use as a groundcover, a vigorous growth rate, and hardiness in at least U.S.D.A. Zones 4 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 ‘Ice Ballet’ as herein illustrated and described.

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