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US Plant Patent PP12691

Kanzi

Dracaena plant named ‘Kanzi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 8, 2019. 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.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12691, the photograph of Kanzi printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12691, 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
PP12691
Filed
June 8, 1999
Granted
June 11, 2002
Expires
June 8, 2019
Inventor
SCHEFFERS RUUD A M

Abstract

A distinct Dracaena plant named ‘Kanzi’ characterized by its longer leaves which are elliptic in shape with distinctive points; elongated plant growth; dark-green leaf margin (RHS 135A) which is approximately 0.5 cm wide at center of leaf; center leaf area which is dark-green (RHS 139A) to grey-green (RHS 191B and 1.5-2.5 cm wide in center of the leaf; and between the margin and center of the leaf is a white (RHS 155C) strip which is approximately 0.3 cm wide at center of leaf.

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 cultivar of Dracaena plant named ‘Kanzi’, as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12691 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.