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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP19621
- Filed
- June 28, 2007
- Granted
- January 6, 2009
- Expires
- August 2, 2027
- Assignee
- WATANABE KENJI
- 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.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Pachysandra plant named ‘Hakurei’, substantially as herein shown and described.
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