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US Plant Patent PP7872

Sweetwater

Pieris japonica named Sweetwater

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 27, 2010. 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
PP7872
Filed
August 27, 1990
Granted
May 26, 1992
Expires
August 27, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct Pieris japonica was discovered which has sterile blooms and a sweet fragrance and has longer than average blooming time and has been asexually reproduced.

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 Pieris japonica substantially as herein shown and described characterized particularly by the unique combination and distinctive characteristics of dense vigorous growth, with heavy blooms every year, and sterile flowers having a sweet fragrance which bloom for longer periods than other Pieris japonica.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7872 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.