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US Plant Patent PP8895

Sylvie

Ficus elastica plant named Sylvie

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 2013. 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
PP8895
Filed
September 14, 1993
Granted
September 13, 1994
Expires
September 14, 2013
Inventor
DENIS RENE G M A

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ficus elastica plant Sylvie, particularly characterized by its green to dark green marking along the midribs of the leaves surrounded by a white-yellow to white color to the leaf margins. In new leaves the surrounding color is white-yellow, with such color turning to white as the leaf matures. The surrounding color comprises about 50% of the leaf surface. In between the white surrounding and the dark green irregular marking along the midrib is a color combination of lighter green to grey.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ficus elastica named Sylvie, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8895 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.