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
- Assignee
- WEYERHAEUSER CO
- 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.
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