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US Plant Patent PP5659

Moon Bay

Dwarf nandina named Moon Bay

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 8, 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
PP5659
Filed
December 8, 1983
Granted
February 11, 1986
Expires
December 8, 2003
Inventor
BARR WILLIAM C

Abstract

A freely branching dwarf nandina plant having a compact, globose habit.

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 dwarf, symmetrical, tight globular shape; freely branching from basal and lateral buds developing multiple ascending stems; foliage held tightly erect, yellow-green to medium green in color; and a mature height smaller than the standard species.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5659 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.