US Plant Patent PP4685
mesid
Ilex plant - mesid variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 7, 1999. 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
- PP4685
- Filed
- August 7, 1979
- Granted
- April 7, 1981
- Expires
- August 7, 1999
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MESERVE KATHLEEN K
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Ilex X meserveae produced by crossing an Ilex aquifolium seedling X Ilex rugosa seedling is provided. The new variety of Blue Holly is a female which bears unusually large foliage and exhibits superior cold tolerance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Ilex X meserveae plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of: (a) a vigorous, densely branched upright evergreen shrub, (b) deep green foliage of unusually large size, (c) pistillate flowers borne abundantly in May, (d) berries which mature to a vibrant red color, and (e) a superior cold tolerance.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4685 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.