US Plant Patent PP24534

Free Spirit

Michelia plant named ‘Free Spirit’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 26, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 26, 2032. This patent earned 183 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24534
Filed: June 26, 2012
Granted: June 10, 2014
Expires: December 26, 2032
Assignee: PLANTS NOUVEAU LLC, SLIGH BARRY E
Inventor: SLIGH BARRY E

Abstract

A new cultivar of Magnolia laevifolia ‘Free Spirit’, characterized by its very floriferous habit, its flowers that are held upright on the stems, and its low growing and broadly horizontal spreading plant habit.

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 Michelia plant named ‘Free Spirit’ as herein illustrated and described.

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