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US Plant Patent PP35724

UF21-9-4

Coleus plant named ‘UF21-9-4’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 20, 2043.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP35724, the photograph of UF21-9-4 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35724, 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
PP35724
Filed
June 20, 2023
Granted
April 2, 2024
Expires
June 20, 2043
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor
CLARK DAVID G

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) plant named ‘UF21-9-4’ having a combination of desirable traits that makes it well-suited for use as a colorful annual plant in the summer landscape. ‘UF21-9-4’ has consistent foliage color patterning and fast growth rate and vigor in the greenhouse and landscape. ‘UF21-9-4’ has lance-shaped foliage that is predominantly yellowish green with consistent reddish brown centers and light yellow green spots. ‘UF21-9-4’ is exceptional because it maintains these contrasting colors and patterns in both sun and shade. ‘UF21-9-4’ is compact and upright in growth habit, but it is highly branched and spreading in form, growing wider than it does tall.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Coleus scutellarioides plant named ‘UF21-9-4’ as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35724 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.