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US Plant Patent PP8703

cv. Parasol

Cornus kousa variety cv. Parasol

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 23, 2013. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

The record

Patent number
PP8703
Filed
June 23, 1993
Granted
April 26, 1994
Expires
June 23, 2013
Inventor
DEVINE WILLIAM

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Cornus Kousa plant named "Parasol" that is particularly characterized by its branching habit resembling the spokes of an umbrella, its beautiful flower heads with numerous rounded, ivory-white bracts, and its deep red autumn foliage.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Cornus Kousa plant named "Parasol" as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8703 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.