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US Plant Patent PP6292

maculata

Dieffenbachia maculata named Rebecca's Jewel

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 11, 2006. 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
PP6292
Filed
September 11, 1986
Granted
September 13, 1988
Expires
September 11, 2006
Inventor
BATSON GENE A

Abstract

A new variety and distinct variety of Dieffenbachia maculata named Rebecca's Jewel having the characteristics of bright yellow-green to near white foliage with green edges and blotches, clumping habit, vigorous, full and compact growth habit, short nodes, thicker caliper stems, and its ease of propagation.

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 Dieffenbachia maculata named Rebecca's Jewel, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its bright yellow-green to near white foliage with green edges and blotches, clumping habit, vigorous, full and compact growth habit, short nodes, thicker caliper stems, and its ease of propagation.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6292 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.