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US Plant Patent PP10855

Bertstar Dwarf

Cenizo shrub named `Bertstar Dwarf`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 11, 2017. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP10855
Filed
February 11, 1997
Granted
April 13, 1999
Expires
February 11, 2017
Inventor
LACOURSE JEFFREY M; THOMAS JR BERT L

Abstract

A variety of Cenizo shrub (Leucophyllum frutescens) having small, distinctively globose habit and dense and persistent leafiness. The variety is propagated by tip cuttings and is versatile as an evergreen shrub for use in landscapes.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Cenizo shrub, herein shown and described, characterized by its small, globose habit with densely arranged branches, persistently leafy to the lower and

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