US Plant Patent PP10750
Centennial Girl
Ilex plant named `Centennial Girl`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 30, 2017. 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
- PP10750
- Filed
- June 30, 1997
- Granted
- January 12, 1999
- Expires
- June 30, 2017
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MESERVE KATHLEEN K
Abstract
A new and distinct Ilex variety is provided which originated by the crossing of an unnamed and unpatented plant of Ilex centrochinensis with an unnamed and unpatented plan of Ilex aquifolium. The resulting evergreen shrub or tree is densely-formed, naturally pyramidal, and forms a vigorous head branch. The leaves are a dark green with a satin finish and possess spines that lack a propensity to catch clothing. The boldly colored berries are bright red, extremely long lasting, and are borne in clusters in profusion. The cold tolerance and tolerance to diseases, such as Tar Spot and Anthracnose, is good.
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 female Ilex centrochinensis×Ilex aquifolium plant possessing the following characteristics: (a) assumes the configuration of a densely-formed naturally pyramidal evergreen shrub or small tree having a vigorous head branch, (b) forms attractive dark green leaves having a satin finish and spines that generally lack a propensity to catch clothing, (c) forms in clusters in profusion berries that are bright red in coloration and long lasting on the plant when mature, and (d) exhibits cold tolerance that exceeds that of Ilex aquifolium: substantially as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10750 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.