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US Plant Patent PP16024

Margarita

Ficus plant named ‘Margarita’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 20, 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 28 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16024, the photograph of Margarita printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16024, 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
PP16024
Filed
March 23, 2004
Granted
October 4, 2005
Expires
April 20, 2024
Assignee
PLANTENKWEKERIJ J VAN GEEST B
Inventor
VAN GEEST JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ficus plant named ‘Margarita’, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by the variegated yellow-green (lime colored) foliage with a dark green amorphous, irregularly shaped and irregularly patterned spot, located along the midrib of the leaf; and by a heavily branching, 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 plant designated ‘Margarita’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16024 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.