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US Plant Patent PP23850

Zoprika

Clematis plant named ‘Zoprika’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23850, the photograph of Zoprika printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23850, 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
PP23850
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 , ‘Zoprika’, characterized by its upright facing tulip-shaped flowers, its flowers that are white and red-purple in color with the upper surface of the tepals white and the lower surface red-purple with white margins, its flowers that retain their color with very little fading, its sterility, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 9.

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 ‘Zoprika’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23850 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.