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US Plant Patent PP20605

Sno Cone

Liriope plant named ‘Sno Cone’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 23, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20605, the photograph of Sno Cone printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20605, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP20605
Filed
October 23, 2008
Granted
December 22, 2009
Expires
October 23, 2028
Inventor
ELSLEY JOHN E

Abstract

A new cultivar of Liriope , ‘Sno Cone’, characterized by its tight clump-forming and non-spreading growth habit, its strongly recurved foliage that is green and white foliage with the white coloration increasing with leaf maturation and retained throughout the growing season, and its uniquely colored berries in fall that are mottled with purple, green, and white.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Liriope plant named ‘Sno Cone’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20605 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.