US Plant Patent PP20682

Ivory Fountain

Pennisetum plant named ‘Ivory Fountain’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 12, 2028.

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: PP20682
Filed: November 12, 2008
Granted: January 26, 2010
Expires: November 12, 2028
Assignee: RINCK MICHAEL C
Inventor: RINCK MICHAEL C

Abstract

A new cultivar of Pennisetum setaceum named ‘Ivory Fountain’, characterized by its racemes (seed heads) that emerge white and tinged with rose-purple and fade to white as they mature, its year around free flowering habit, its arching leaves, its height of 48 to 54 inches in bloom, its sterile seeds, and its vigorous growth habit.

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 Pennisetum plant named ‘Ivory Fountain’ as herein illustrated and described.

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