US Plant Patent PP23849
Zomoa
Clematis plant named ‘Zomoa’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 18, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 10, 2032. This patent earned 68 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23849
- Filed
- February 10, 2012
- Granted
- August 27, 2013
- Expires
- April 18, 2032
- Assignee
- J VAN ZOEST BEHEER B V, VAN ZOEST JAN
- Inventor
- VAN ZOEST JAN
Abstract
A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis , ‘Zomoa’, characterized by its upright facing upright flower that is dark violet-blue in color, its blooms in spring and in summer, its very dark colored, prominent ovate-shaped flower buds, its climbing growth habit, its near sterility, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 6.
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 ‘Zomoa’ as herein illustrated and described.
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