US Plant Patent PP16830

Brasil

Ficus plant named ‘Brasil’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 3, 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 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16830
Filed: January 22, 2005
Granted: July 18, 2006
Expires: February 3, 2025
Assignee: ORO FARMS INC
Inventor: BAARS JOHANNES

Abstract

A new and distinct Ficus plant named ‘Brasil’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant form; relatively short internodes; green, grayed green and white variegated leaves; and red purple-colored leaf 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 ‘Brasil’, as illustrated and described.

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