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US Plant Patent PP14838

Kuro Bijin

Carpinus coreana plant named ‘Kuro Bijin’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 26, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14838, the photograph of Kuro Bijin printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14838, 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
PP14838
Filed
March 26, 2002
Granted
June 1, 2004
Expires
March 26, 2022
Assignee
HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor
FUJINAMI HIKARU

Abstract

A new plant variety of Carpinus coreana characterized by its chocolate brown leaf color throughout the growing season.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Carpinus coreana plant, named ‘Kuro Bijin’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14838 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.