US Plant Patent PP24556

Moonlight

Disporum plant named ‘Moonlight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 1, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 10, 2032. This patent earned 295 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24556
Filed: February 10, 2012
Granted: June 17, 2014
Expires: December 1, 2032
Assignee: VAN ELDEREN REINIER
Inventor: VAN ELDEREN REINIER

Abstract

A new cultivar of Disporum named ‘Moonlight’, that is characterized by its arching stems and its variegated foliage that is green with silvery white variegation palmately radiating from the base of the leaf blade with the white variegation area becoming heavily suffused with a purple-pink coloration in fall when temperatures cool.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Disporum plant named ‘Moonlight’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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