US Plant Patent PP16374

Belize

Ficus plant named ‘Belize’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 25, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 22, 2025. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16374, the photograph of Belize printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16374, 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: PP16374
Filed: January 22, 2005
Granted: March 21, 2006
Expires: January 25, 2025
Assignee: ORO FARMS INC
Inventor: BAARS JOHANNES

Abstract

A new and distinct Ficus plant named ‘Belize’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant form; dark greenish red-colored stems; red purple, green and white variegated leaves; and red purple-colored leaf venation and petioles.

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

1. A new and distinct Ficus plant named ‘Belize’, as illustrated and described.

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