US Plant Patent PP14566

Brass

Ceanothus plant named ‘Brass’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 17, 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 PP14566, the photograph of Brass printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14566, 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: PP14566
Filed: June 17, 2002
Granted: February 24, 2004
Expires: June 17, 2022
Inventor: BRAND PETER ANTHONY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ceanothus named ‘Brass’ that is characterized by variegated grey-green foliage with cream-white irregularly spotted margins, a spreading habit and small clusters of contrasting pale blue flowers in late spring. In combination these traits set ‘Brass’ apart from all other existing varieties of Ceanothus known to the inventor.

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 Ceanothus plant named ‘Brass’ as described and illustrated.

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