US Plant Patent PP17666

CURLY RED

Leucothoe plant named ‘CURLY RED’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 25, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 7, 2025. This patent earned 138 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17666
Filed: February 7, 2005
Granted: April 24, 2007
Expires: June 25, 2025
Assignee: VAN OPSTAL RON
Inventor: VAN OPSTAL RON

Abstract

A new cultivar of Leucothoe named ‘CURLY RED’ that is characterized by curled growth of the foliage which in its spring season of new growth exhibits burgundy red coloration which turns purple in summer and turns dark green as the plant matures. This trait sets ‘CURLY RED’ apart from all other existing varieties of Leucothoe known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Leucothoe plant named ‘CURLY RED’ as described and illustrated.

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