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US Plant Patent PP10178

Limelight

Cupressus glabra plant named `Limelight`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 8, 2016. 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
PP10178
Filed
May 8, 1996
Granted
January 6, 1998
Expires
May 8, 2016
Inventor
DONNELLY RUTH; DONNELLY PETER

Abstract

A new Cupressus glabra plant having an erect and slender growth habit and capable of year-round light yellow to lime-green color foliage.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Cupressus glabra plant named `Limelight`, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10178 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.