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US Plant Patent PP33432

MAROBA 3

Dieffenbachia plant named ‘MAROBA 3’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 25, 2040.

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 PP33432, the photograph of MAROBA 3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33432, 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
PP33432
Filed
November 25, 2020
Granted
August 31, 2021
Expires
November 25, 2040
Assignee
VAN DER KNAAP EDUARD J M
Inventor
VAN DER KNAAP EDUARD J M

Abstract

‘MAROBA 3’ is a new and distinctive variety of Dieffenbachia plant which is characterized by a compact, upright growth habit with an abundance of dark green, glossy foliage borne on dark green petioles, unique foliage variegation with a moderate amount light greyed-green blotches along the secondary leaf veins with sparse blotches following a similar pattern in the interveinal areas, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.

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

That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Dieffenbachia plant named ‘MAROBA 3’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33432 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.