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US Plant Patent PP23635

BELLA

Medinilla hybrid plant named ‘BELLA’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 30, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 24, 2031. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23635, the photograph of BELLA printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23635, 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
PP23635
Filed
May 24, 2011
Granted
May 28, 2013
Expires
June 30, 2031
Assignee
CORN BAK BV, BAK ELLY, STEUR NICOLAAS D M
Inventor
BAK ELLY; STEUR NICOLAAS D M

Abstract

A new and distinct Medinilla sp. plant named ‘BELLA’, characterized by an erect shrub plant, measuring about 50 cm in total height (when first flowering) and about 55 cm in diameter; green colored leaves, measuring about 20 cm in length and about 8 cm in width; pendulous panicles, measuring about 20 cm in length and about 15 cm in diameter, with pink (RHS 78D) flowers.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Medinilla plant named ‘BELLA’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23635 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.