US Plant Patent PP5656
Dwarf nandina--Gulf Stream
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 21, 2003. 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
- PP5656
- Filed
- November 21, 1983
- Granted
- February 4, 1986
- Expires
- November 21, 2003
- Assignee
- WEYERHAEUSER CO
- Inventor
- BARR WILLIAM C
No cultivar name of record
This patent does not name the plant. Through the 1980s and early 1990s that was still common: naming every new cultivar only became standard practice as plants began to be marketed under brand names. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.
Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.
Abstract
A dwarf nandina having densely foliaged and ascending branches, resulting in a rounded, compact shape.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct plant variety of Nandina domestica as shown and described, which is principally characterized by its symmetrical, densely compact, solitary form; free basal and lateral branching; greater foliage density; unique coloration of emerging foliage; and a mature height smaller than the common species and similar to the variety `Compacta`.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5656 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.