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US Plant Patent PP5948

Mother Lode

Juniper plant named `Mother Lode`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 8, 2005. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP5948
Filed
March 8, 1985
Granted
April 21, 1987
Expires
March 8, 2005
Inventor
ISELI JEAN

Abstract

A new and distinct Juniperus horizontalis which was discovered as a sport on a Wiltonii Juniper is characterized by its bright yellow lemon color which turns to a bronze yellow during the Winter.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Juniperus horizontalis plant, substantially as described and illustrated, obtained as a sport from Juniperus horizontalis wiltonii characterized by its lemon yellow new growth which turns bronze yellow during the winter.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5948 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.