US Plant Patent PP31938

ESPE1703

Ficus plant named ‘ESPE1703’

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.

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The record

Patent number: PP31938
Filed: March 16, 2019
Granted: July 7, 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 ‘ESPE1703’ which is characterized by the combination of a compact growth habit, large foliage relative to the small stems, dark green foliage that is blotched yellow-green and irregularly and broadly margined yellow to green-white, 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 ‘ESPE1703’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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