US Plant Patent PP17430

HOCF

Ophiopogon plant named ‘HOCF’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 25, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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: PP17430
Filed: July 25, 2005
Granted: February 20, 2007
Expires: July 25, 2025
Assignee: HEAD ORNAMENTALS INC
Inventor: HEAD ROBERT HAROLD; HEAD LISA JONES; HEAD WILLIAM A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ophiopogon plant named ‘HOCF’ characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly arching plant habit; freely clumping habit; large dark-green colored foliage; long racemes with numerous white-colored flowers; numerous large violet blue-colored fruits; and resistance to Anthracnose .

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 Ophiopogon plant named ‘HOCF’, as illustrated and described.

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