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US Plant Patent PP29291

PIILC-IV

Loropetalum plant named ‘PIILC-IV’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 6, 2037.

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 PP29291, the photograph of PIILC-IV printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29291, 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
PP29291
Filed
February 6, 2017
Granted
May 15, 2018
Expires
February 6, 2037
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
DIRR MICHAEL A; HELVICK RHONDA; MCBEE OREN; GRIFFITH MARK; BEASLEY JEFF

Abstract

A new and distinctive cultivar of Loropetalum named ‘PIILC-IV’ that is characterized by its compact, mounded, spreading growth habit, its foliage that is dark purple in color that changes to green in color summer through winter, its flowers that are red-purple in color, and its good cold hardiness with hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 7 to 9.

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 Loropetalum named ‘PIILC-IV’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29291 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.