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US Plant Patent PP14668

Jaytee

Nandina domestic plant named ‘Jaytee’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 24, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 29, 2021. This patent earned 240 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14668, the photograph of Jaytee printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14668, 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
PP14668
Filed
June 29, 2001
Granted
April 6, 2004
Expires
February 24, 2022
Inventor
RUSHING RALPH C

Abstract

'Jaytee', a new and distinct variety of Nandina domestica, which exhibits characteristics of form, size, vigor, leaf coloration, and fruiting not known to exist in other varieties of Nandina domestica. These characteristics include vigorous, aggressive growth, abundant fruit and flowers, and unique leaf coloration. This plant has a rhizomatous growth habit that results in a compact, dense plant with no tendency to legginess.

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 Nandina domestica plant named ‘Jaytee’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14668 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.