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US Plant Patent PP12314

WillEmer

Male holly plant named ‘WillEmer’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 9, 2020. 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.

Figure 2 of US plant patent PP12314, the photograph of WillEmer printed in the patent.
Figure 2 from US Plant Patent PP12314, 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
PP12314
Filed
February 9, 2000
Granted
January 1, 2002
Expires
February 9, 2020
Inventor
DEMALINE THOMAS L

Abstract

A male holly plant named WillEmer, a broadleafed evergreen shrub characterized by its dense, compact habit and small leaves.

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

I claim: 1. A male holly plant named WillEmer, as described and illustrated, a broadleafed evergreen characterized by its dense, compact habit and small leaves.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12314 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.