US Plant Patent PP5237
Monstock
Photinia×fraseri cv. Monstock
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 26, 2002. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
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
- PP5237
- Filed
- July 26, 1982
- Granted
- May 29, 1984
- Expires
- July 26, 2002
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- ESPINOSA GAVIN
Abstract
A new and distinct sport of Photinia×fraseri Dress shrub (popularly known as Photinia) which hereinafter will be referred to as Photinia×fraseri cultivar Monstock. Differing from its parent, Photinia×fraseri by the new selection, Photinia×fraseri cv. Monstock possessing a unique combination of smaller leaves with undulate margins and finer serrations along with reddish coppery juvenile foliage and stipules which are green and persistent contrasting with the stems which are a pale red color. Another unique character of Photinia×fraseri cv. Monstock is its compact growth habit.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct Photinia×fraseri referred to as Photinia×fraseri cv. Monstock as substantially shown and described; a superior selection characterized by a densely compact habit; smaller foliage; persistent stipules on current growth; and its distinctive reddish coppery new foliage.
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