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US Plant Patent PP19621

Hakurei

Pachysandra plant named ‘Hakurei’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 2, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 28, 2027. This patent earned 35 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19621, the photograph of Hakurei printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19621, 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
PP19621
Filed
June 28, 2007
Granted
January 6, 2009
Expires
August 2, 2027
Inventor
WATANABE KENJI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Pachysandra plant named ‘Hakurei’, characterized by its new foliage growth of creamy white with grayed-green venation maturing over time to yellowish green.

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 Pachysandra plant named ‘Hakurei’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19621 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.