Screen Play

Screen Play

Ilex plant named ‘Screen Play’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 8, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 30, 2035. This patent earned 100 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27524, the photograph of Screen Play printed in the patent.

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Abstract

A new cultivar of Ilex plant named ‘Screen Play’, that is characterized by its well-branched, dense, upright plant habit with suitablity for use as a hedge or privacy screen, its vigourous growth habit with plants growing an average of 1.5 m per year in Georgia when young, its large leaves that emerge light green tinged with bronze in color and maturing to a deep green color, its leaves that are glossy and spineless with very finely serrated margins, its berries that ripen to a deep red color in early fall and persist on the plant through the winter, its cold tolerance; remaining evergreen in U.S.D.A Zone 7, and its ease of pollination by ambient pollen when grown in Georgia.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ilex plant named ‘Screen Play’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27524 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract