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US Plant Patent PP20469

Bourfrits

Photinia plant named ‘Bourfrits’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 4, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20469, the photograph of Bourfrits printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20469, 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
PP20469
Filed
September 4, 2008
Granted
November 10, 2009
Expires
September 4, 2028
Inventor
BOURQUIN ANDRE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Photinia, ‘Bourfrits’, characterized by its bushy, compact, mounded plant habit, its stems that are supple, slightly arching, and well branched with short internode lengths, and its leaves that form a rosette at the growing tips when emerging, have strongly serrated margins, and are bright red in color when young.

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 Photinia plant named ‘Bourfrits’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20469 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.