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US Plant Patent PP26019

Jewel of the Nile

Hebe plant named ‘Jewel of the Nile’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 16, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 23, 2033. This patent earned 23 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26019, the photograph of Jewel of the Nile printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26019, 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
PP26019
Filed
April 23, 2013
Granted
October 27, 2015
Expires
May 16, 2033
Assignee
BURTON STEPHEN
Inventor
BURTON STEPHEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hebe , ‘Jewel of the Nile’, characterized by its variegated leaves with olive green centers and yellow margins that are tinged with purple, its long narrow leaves with midribs on the upper and lower surface purple in color, its young leaves that are tinged with mauve purple at the leaf base, its purple stems, its that are resistant to leaf spot, and its mauve pink flowers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hebe plant named ‘Jewel of the Nile’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26019 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.