US Plant Patent PP8537
Hefcup
Holly tree named Ilex×`Hefcup`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 2, 2012. 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
- PP8537
- Filed
- April 2, 1992
- Granted
- January 11, 1994
- Expires
- April 2, 2012
- Assignee
- HEFNER RANDY B
- Inventor
- HEFNER RANDY B
Abstract
A new and distinct selection of Ilex aquifolium X cornuta shrub herein referred to as Ilex×`Hefcup`. A sport selection characterized from the plant it was discovered on (Ilex×`Nellie R. Stevens`) by its distinct yellow variegated leaves. The form of variegation ranges from yellow margins on some leaves to laminated golden variegations on others with the remaining leaves being predominantly solid golden-yellow. All first year leaves exhibit one or more of these forms. The new selection produces female flowers and large yellow berries during the summer which ripen red in the fall.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. Ilex×`Hefcup` is a new and distinct selection as substantially shown and described herein, a superior selection characterized by a combination of notable characteristics of variegated foliage, yellowish juvenile fruits, lack of variegation reversion in first year growth, and cold hardiness in zone 7.
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