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US Plant Patent PP12068

Merton Jacobs

Liriope gigantea plant named ‘Merton Jacobs’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 18, 2019. 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
PP12068
Filed
October 18, 1999
Granted
August 28, 2001
Expires
October 18, 2019
Inventor
JACOBS RANDALL MERTON

Abstract

A new and distinct Liriope gigantea plant found as an openly pollinated seedling. The new variety is distinct with its dark foliage, increased vigor and increased raceme length.

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 Liriope plant named ‘Merton Jacobs’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12068 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.