US Plant Patent PP21433

JAP08

Juniper plant named ‘JAP08’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 6, 2029.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 29, 2029. This patent earned 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21433, the photograph of JAP08 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21433, reproduced as printed. The patent carries the notice copyright 2003, published by The Royal Horticultural Society in London, which under 37 CFR 1.71(e) is given alongside permission to reproduce the document.

The record

Patent number: PP21433
Filed: January 29, 2009
Granted: November 2, 2010
Expires: February 6, 2029
Assignee: FISHER FARMS LLC, Plant Patent Network
Inventor: MORISHIGE TAKUYA

Abstract

A new variety of juniper shrub substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by a combination of creamy-yellow variegated foliage, resistance to heat stress, soft foliage and a relatively slow growth rate.

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

1. A new variety of juniper plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by a combination of creamy-yellow variegated foliage, resistance to heat stress, soft foliage and a relatively slow growth rate.

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