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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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24642, the photograph of Zocoro printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24642, 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
PP24642
Filed
August 10, 2012
Granted
July 15, 2014
Expires
February 12, 2033
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.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Clematis plant named ‘Zocoro’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24642 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.