US Plant Patent PP31961
ESPE1702
Ficus plant named ‘ESPE1702’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 16, 2039.
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
- PP31961
- Filed
- March 16, 2019
- Granted
- July 14, 2020
- Expires
- March 16, 2039
- Assignee
- J VAN GEEST HOLDING B V
- Inventor
- VAN GEEST JAN
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Ficus plant named ‘ESPE1702’ which is characterized by an abundance of narrow ovate to oblong foliage on a relatively compact plant, foliage with an aristate to caudate leaf apex, foliage which varies in color from light green to dark green, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Ficus plant named ‘ESPE1702’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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