US Plant Patent PP13157

Foster's Purple Gem

Ilex plant named ‘Foster's Purple Gem’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 27, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13157, the photograph of Foster's Purple Gem printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13157, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP13157
Filed: June 27, 2001
Granted: October 29, 2002
Expires: June 27, 2021
Assignee: BURKHART FARMS NURSERY
Inventor: ROBERTSON PHILLIP BRADFORD

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Ilex plant named ‘Foster's Purple Gem’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading growth habit; short internodes and very freely branching habit; dense and bushy plant habit; purple-colored young stems; small dark green-colored leaves; and very freely flowering habit.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ilex plant named ‘Foster's Purple Gem’, as illustrated and described.

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