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US Plant Patent PP21287

Pink Frost

Illicium plant named ‘Pink Frost’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 15, 2029.

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 PP21287, the photograph of Pink Frost printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21287, 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
PP21287
Filed
June 15, 2009
Granted
September 14, 2010
Expires
June 15, 2029
Inventor
HARP MICKEY

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Illicium plant named ‘Pink Frost’, characterized by its compact, rounded growth habit, medium green foliage with cream-white marginal variegation, pink-red petioles, red flowers, and pink to red foliage in winter.

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

1. A new and distinct Illicium plant named ‘Pink Frost’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21287 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.