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
- Assignee
- PLANTENKWEKERIJ J VAN GEEST B
- 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.
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