US Plant Patent PP20820

Shirrmann's Nordlicht

Metasequoia glyptostroboides plant named ‘Shirrmann's Nordlicht’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 18, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP20820
Filed: December 18, 2008
Granted: March 9, 2010
Expires: December 18, 2028
Assignee: KOOLS CORNELIUS
Inventor: KOOLS CORNELIUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Metasequoia plant named ‘Shirrmann's Nordlicht’, characterized by its medium green-colored leaves occasionally with greenish-white axial variegation, globe-shaped compact growth habit, and good garden performance, is disclosed.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Metasequoia plant named ‘Shirrmann's Nordlicht’, substantially as herein shown and described.

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