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US Plant Patent PP25984

PIIDIST-IV

Distylium plant named ‘PIIDIST-IV’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 14, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 16, 2033. This patent earned 149 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25984, the photograph of PIIDIST-IV printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25984, 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
PP25984
Filed
October 16, 2013
Granted
October 13, 2015
Expires
March 14, 2034
Inventor
DIRR MICHAEL A; KARDOS JOSHUA H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Distylium plant named ‘PIIDIST-IV’, characterized by its compact, upright growth habit, reddish new growth, lustrous, leathery, dark green mature foliage, resistance to insects and disease, and tolerance of wet and dry soil conditions.

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 Distylium plant named ‘PIIDIST-IV’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25984 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.