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US Plant Patent PP9856

Midnight

Ficus variety named `Midnight`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 26, 2015. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP9856
Filed
July 26, 1995
Granted
April 8, 1997
Expires
July 26, 2015
Inventor
VAN GEEST JAN

Abstract

A Ficus variety having compact growth habit and dark green foliage.

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 cultivar of Ficus benjamina plant named `Midnight`, substantially as illustrated and described, particularly characterized by dark green foliage and compact growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9856 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.