US Plant Patent PP24749

Lemon-Lime

Nandina plant named ‘Lemon-Lime’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 25, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2033. This patent earned 42 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24749
Filed: January 14, 2013
Granted: August 12, 2014
Expires: February 25, 2033
Assignee: PLANTS NOUVEAU LLC, DAVIS RICHARD E
Inventor: DAVIS RICHARD E

Abstract

A new cultivar of Nandina domestica named ‘Lemon-Lime’, characterized by its short leaf internodes resulting in a very compact plant habit and its chartreuse new foliage and mature foliage on the outer regions of the plant that are exposed to bright sunlight with contrasting green foliage on the interior region of the plant that is shaded.

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 plant named ‘Lemon-Lime’ as herein illustrated and described.

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