US Plant Patent PP23920

Zoqum

Clematis plant named ‘Zoqum’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 25, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 14, 2031. This patent earned 42 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP23920
Filed: December 14, 2011
Granted: September 24, 2013
Expires: January 25, 2032
Assignee: J VAN ZOEST BEHEER B V, STRAVER WILLEM
Inventor: STRAVER WILLEM

Abstract

A new cultivar of Clematis named ‘Zoqum’, characterized by its free-flowering habit with bell-shaped flowers that are of red-purple in color and non-fading, its near sterility, a climbing plant habit 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 ‘Zoqum’ as herein illustrated and described.

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