US Plant Patent PP12890

Eclipse

Ficus plant named ‘Eclipse’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 14, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 13, 2020. This patent earned 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12890, the photograph of Eclipse printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12890, 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: PP12890
Filed: September 13, 2000
Granted: August 27, 2002
Expires: October 14, 2020
Assignee: PLANTENWEKERIJ J VAN GEEST B V
Inventor: VAN GEEST JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Ficus benjamina designated ‘Eclipse’ particularly characterized by dark green foliage that is elliptic with an exaggerated acuminate leaf tip with crenate undulating leaf margins. The leaves are glossy on both sides and the plant has a somewhat weeping growth habit with irregular branching.

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 plant as herein described and illustrated.

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