US Plant Patent PP9486
Conin
Ilex hybrid variety named `Conin`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 14, 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
- PP9486
- Filed
- March 14, 1995
- Granted
- March 26, 1996
- Expires
- March 14, 2015
- Assignee
- MAGEE JACK MITCHELL, FLOWERWOOD NSY INC
- Inventor
- MAGEE JACK M
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Ilex plant found as an openly pollinated seeding of Ilex Hybrid `Mary Nell`. The new variety expresses a very high concentration of anthocyanin in new growth which matures to a semi-glossy green color. This plant is superior in development of a dense, upright, pyramidal 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 `Conin` as herein shown and described, is characterized by its dense, upright, and pyramidal growth habit, unique juvenile foliage coloration, semi-glossy mature leaves, distinctly arranged leaf serrations, orange-red fruit, fast growth rate, resistance to pest, and tolerance of heat, drought, and soil type.
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