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US Plant Patent PP29744

Ninja Stars

Epimedium plant named ‘Ninja Stars’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 29, 2037.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29744, the photograph of Ninja Stars printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29744, 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
PP29744
Filed
March 29, 2017
Granted
October 9, 2018
Expires
March 29, 2037
Assignee
PROBST DARRELL R
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of Epimedium hybrid, ‘Ninja Stars’, characterized by its leaves that are long, narrow, and evergreen with very spiny leaf margins, its foliage that emerges bronze in color in spring and turns medium dark green and semi-glossy in appearance as the season progresses, its numerous erect flower stems held above the foliage that are large in size and yellow in color, semi-long rhizomes averaging 10 cm in length, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 4.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Epimedium plant named ‘Ninja Stars’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29744 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.