US Plant Patent PP20943
PHOS3
Phormium tenax plant named ‘PHOS3’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 7, 2027.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP20943
- Filed
- December 7, 2007
- Granted
- April 27, 2010
- Expires
- December 7, 2027
- Assignee
- LAYT TODD ANTHONY
- Inventor
- LAYT TODD ANTHONY
Abstract
‘PHOS3’ is a distinctive variety of Phormium tenax which is characterized by the combination of its medium upright growth habit, orange tones incorporated into its bronze leaf color, narrower leaf width and resistance to phytophthora root rot.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct variety of Phormium tenax plant named ‘PHOS3’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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