US Plant Patent PP19916

AKA

Nandina domestica plant named ‘AKA’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 20, 2027.

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: PP19916
Filed: November 20, 2007
Granted: April 14, 2009
Expires: November 20, 2027
Assignee: TNM CORP
Inventor: HERRING APRIL; HERRING KAY; GARZA ADRIANA

Abstract

‘AKA’, a new and distinct variety of Nandina domestica, characterized by its upright, compact and dense plant habit; slow growth rate; and unique blush red-colored young foliage and deep green-colored mature foliage. Blush red color of young foliage is retained year-round.

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

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