US Plant Patent PP15247
Fubuki Nishiki
Kerria japonica plant named ‘Fubuki Nishiki’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 19, 2021. 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
- PP15247
- Filed
- December 19, 2001
- Granted
- October 19, 2004
- Expires
- December 19, 2021
- Assignee
- HINES NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- SUZUKI YUJI
Abstract
A new variety of Kerria japonica plant characterized by white flecked variegated foliage, yellow flowers with lighter yellow and greyed-green variegation, and slightly larger leaf size.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new variety of Kerria japonica plant substantially as shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15247 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.