US Plant Patent PP24642
Zocoro
Clematis plant named ‘Zocoro’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 12, 2033.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 10, 2032. This patent earned 186 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24642
- Filed
- August 10, 2012
- Granted
- July 15, 2014
- Expires
- February 12, 2033
- Assignee
- VAN ZOEST JAN, J VAN ZOEST BEHLER B V
- Inventor
- VAN ZOEST JAN
Abstract
A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis , ‘Zocoro’, characterized by its nodding and double flowers, its flowers that are pale purple in color, its flowers that retain their color with very little fading, its sterility, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Clematis plant named ‘Zocoro’ as herein illustrated and described.
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