US Plant Patent PP18605

TANA

Cordyline plant named ‘TANA’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 9, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 19, 2026. This patent earned 113 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18605
Filed: May 19, 2006
Granted: March 18, 2008
Expires: September 9, 2026
Assignee: LLOYD EVAN DAVID
Inventor: LLOYD EVAN DAVID

Abstract

A new cultivar of CORDYLINE plant named ‘TANA’ whose leaves are deep purple to black in color with a pronounced glossy upper surface and whose growth habit is strongly clump forming. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘TANA’ from all other varieties of CORDYLINE known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of CORDYLINE plant named ‘TANA’ as described and illustrated herein.

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