US Plant Patent PP9487
Conaf
Ilex hybrid variety named `Conaf`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 22, 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
- PP9487
- Filed
- March 22, 1995
- Granted
- March 26, 1996
- Expires
- March 22, 2015
- Assignee
- MAGEE JACK MITCHELL, FLOWERWOOD NSY INC
- Inventor
- MAGEE JACK M
Abstract
A new amd distinct variety of Ilex plant found as an openly pollinated seedling of Ilex Hybrid `Mary Nell`. The new variety possesses an upright, pyramidal growth habit, flowers which produce functional pollen and ovaries, attractive orange-red fruit, unusual dull green foliage, and distinctly arranged leaf serrations.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and unique variety of Ilex plant named Ilex Hybrid `Conaf` as herein shown and described, is characterized by its upright and pyramidal growth habit, perfect flowers which produce an abundance of pollen, dull mature leaves, distinctly arranged leaf serrations, orange-red fruit, fast growth rate, resistance to pests, and tolerance of heat, drought, and soil type.
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