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US Plant Patent PP35853

Purlorocha

Loropetalum plant named ‘Purlorocha’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 21, 2043.

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 PP35853, the photograph of Purlorocha printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35853, 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
PP35853
Filed
August 21, 2023
Granted
June 4, 2024
Expires
August 21, 2043
Inventor
LUCAS WILLIAM

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Loropetalum plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘Purlorocha’, is disclosed. The new cultivar is characterized by its deep purplish, red-colored flowers and it is also characterized by its dark, burgundy-colored foliage. The new cultivar provides a moderately vigorous, compact, and mounded, well-branched growth habit.

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 cultivar of Loropetalum plant named ‘Purlorocha’ characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms deep purplish, red-colored flowers, (b) exhibits dark, burgundy-colored foliage and, (c) provides a moderately vigorous, compact, and mounded, well-branched growth habit; substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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