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US Plant Patent PP16013

Black Diamond

Ficus plant named ‘Black Diamond’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 13, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 23, 2024. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16013, the photograph of Black Diamond printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16013, 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
PP16013
Filed
March 23, 2004
Granted
September 27, 2005
Expires
April 13, 2024
Assignee
PLANTENKWEKERIJ J VAN GEEST B
Inventor
VAN GEEST JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Ficus benjamina designated ‘Black Diamond’, particularly characterized by variegated leaves with very dark green foliage with amorphous, irregularly shaped and irregularly patterned spots of yellow green along the midrib of the leaf. ‘Black Diamond’ is heavily branching with an 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 variety of Ficus benjamina designated ‘Black Diamond’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16013 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.