US Plant Patent PP27132

Opstal 50

Leucothoe plant named ‘Opstal 50’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 7, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 1, 2034. This patent earned 312 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP27132
Filed: April 1, 2014
Granted: September 6, 2016
Expires: February 7, 2035
Assignee: VAN OPSTAL RON
Inventor: VAN OPSTAL RON

Abstract

A new cultivar of Leucothoe , ‘Opstal 50’, that is characterized by its compact, upright, shrubby plant habit with short internodes, its fine, narrow leaves, and its immature shoots (stems, leaves, and petioles) that are red in color that mature to a green color in summer and turn purple in fall through winter.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Leucothoe plant named ‘Opstal 50’ as herein illustrated and described.

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