US Plant Patent PP20869

Shackelford

Ilex plant named ‘Shackelford’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 27, 2029.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP20869
Filed: February 27, 2009
Granted: March 23, 2010
Expires: February 27, 2029
Assignee: SHACKELFORD DAVID T
Inventor: SHACKELFORD DAVID T

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ilex vomitoria , ‘Shackelford’, characterized by its glossy, small sized leaves that are bright yellow in color throughout the year with new growth that is rose red in color, its dense, low growing evergreen growth habit that lends itself to a variety of landscape sites, and its cold hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zone 7.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ilex plant named ‘Shackelford’ as herein illustrated and described.

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