US Plant Patent PP23177

Jefam

Physocarpus plant named ‘Jefam’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 4, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 16, 2030. This patent earned 78 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP23177
Filed: December 16, 2010
Granted: November 13, 2012
Expires: March 4, 2031
Assignee: JEFFRIES NURSERIES LTD, DURAND JAMES RICHARD
Inventor: DURAND JAMES RICHARD

Abstract

A new cultivar of Physocarpus , ‘Jefam’, that is characterized by its unique foliage coloration with leaves that emerges bright orange in spring, turn green on older wood, and become purple in fall, its oblate plant shape and its compact plant 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 Physocarpus plant named ‘Jefam’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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