US Plant Patent PP12728

Mini Midnight

Ficus plant named ‘Mini Midnight’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 13, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12728, the photograph of Mini Midnight printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12728, 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: PP12728
Filed: September 13, 2000
Granted: June 25, 2002
Expires: September 13, 2020
Assignee: PLANTENWEKERIJ J VAN GEEST B V
Inventor: VAN GEEST JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ficus benjamina particularly characterized by dark green foliage with a very compact growth habit, small leaves and a heavily branching, and upright growth habit.

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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12728 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.