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US Plant Patent PP25597

Trident

Phormium plant named ‘Trident’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 7, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 5, 2033. This patent earned 155 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25597, the photograph of Trident printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25597, 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
PP25597
Filed
June 5, 2013
Granted
May 26, 2015
Expires
November 7, 2033
Assignee
TURNER PAUL
Inventor
TURNER PAUL

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Phormium named ‘Trident’ that is characterized by its foliage with upper leaf surfaces that are variegated with centers that are green-bronze with thin stripes of red through the center area and broad margins that are red-deep pink with a very thin strip of deeper red on the leaf edge, its young foliage that is distinctly red in appearance, its upright plant habit, and its large plant height relative to other cultivars of Phormium.

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 Phormium plant named ‘Trident’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25597 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.