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US Plant Patent PP27425

Marvel

Mahonia hybrid plant named ‘Marvel’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 24, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 30, 2035. This patent earned 86 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27425, the photograph of Marvel printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27425, 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
PP27425
Filed
March 30, 2015
Granted
November 29, 2016
Expires
June 24, 2035
Assignee
ITSAUL PLANTS LLC, JOHNSON JR OZZIE W
Inventor
JOHNSON JR OZZIE W

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Mahonia×media , ‘Marvel’, that is characterized by its unique leaflets with smooth margins, terminating in a single spine at the apex, its leaves arranged in a whorl around the stem with a tight rosette displayed at the terminus, its upright plant habit, its large inflorescence composed of racemes of small, fragrant yellow flowers that bloom from late fall to mid winter in Georgia, and its berries that are blue-green in color when young and begin to ripen in February to a deep blue-purple color.

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 Mahonia hybrid plant named ‘Marvel’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27425 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.