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US Plant Patent PP9484

Coned

Ilex hybrid variety named `Coned`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 6, 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
PP9484
Filed
March 6, 1995
Granted
March 26, 1996
Expires
March 6, 2015
Inventor
MAGEE JACK M

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Ilex plant found as a openly pollinated seedling of Ilex Hybrid 'Mary Nell'. The new variety expresses a very high concentration of anthocyanin in new growth which matures to a lustrous green color. This plant is superior in development of an upright, dense, globose shaped canopy with attractive spiny leaves and orange-red fruit.

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 `Coned` as herein shown and described, is characterized by its upright, dense, and globose growth habit, unique juvenile foliage coloration, lustrous 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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