US Plant Patent PP16913

Durio

Caryopteris plant named ‘Durio’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 13, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 10, 2025. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16913
Filed: March 10, 2005
Granted: August 1, 2006
Expires: March 13, 2025
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: DURIO DALTON E

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caryopteris plant named ‘Durio’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; relatively large leaves; and numerous large pink-colored flowers.

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 Caryopteris plant named ‘Durio’, as illustrated and described.

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