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US Plant Patent PP20239

Markie

Euonymus Plant Named ‘Markie’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 7, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 26, 2028. This patent earned 11 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20239, the photograph of Markie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20239, 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
PP20239
Filed
June 26, 2008
Granted
September 1, 2009
Expires
July 7, 2028
Assignee
DE JONG GYS PETRUS
Inventor
DE JONG GYS PETRUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Euonymus plant named ‘Markie’, characterized by its immature leaves of green with yellow green-colored variegation, mature leaves of dark green with yellow green to yellow-colored variegation, large leaves, and moderately vigorous, spreading to broadly upright growth habit.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Euonymus plant named ‘Markie’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20239 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.