US Plant Patent PP16371
Mindia
Physocarpus plant named ‘Mindia’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 9, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 19, 2024. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16371
- Filed
- October 19, 2004
- Granted
- March 21, 2006
- Expires
- November 9, 2024
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- DAVASSE JEAN-PAUL
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Physocarpus plant named ‘Mindia’, characterized by its upright, mounding and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; copper-colored leaves with deep lobes and serration; and resistance to Powdery Mildew.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Physocarpus plant named ‘Mindia’, as illustrated and described.
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