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US Plant Patent PP24360

Conrabideau

Pieris japonica plant named ‘Conrabideau’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 20, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 30, 2032. This patent earned 81 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24360, the photograph of Conrabideau printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24360, 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
PP24360
Filed
April 30, 2012
Granted
April 1, 2014
Expires
July 20, 2032
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC, RABIDEAU RONALD R
Inventor
RABIDEAU RONALD R

Abstract

A new and distinct Pieris japonica plant is provided that was discovered as a spontaneous mutation of unknown causation of the ‘Valley Valentine’ variety (non-patented in the United States). The new plant was discovered during April 2000 when present in a controlled environment among a population of ‘Valley Valentine’ plants that had been asexually reproduced by tissue culture. The new plant displays an attractive upright well-branched generally uniform moderately vigorous growth habit. Large clusters of pink flowers are displayed. The attractive new growth displays a brick red coloration. The foliage is variegated green with irregularly presented yellow margins when mature. The plant is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation throughout the year.

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 plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) displays an attractive upright well-branched generally uniform moderately vigorous growth habit, (b) forms large clusters of pink flowers, (c) forms attractive new growth having a brick red coloration, (d) forms attractive variegated green foliage with irregularly presented yellow margins when mature, and (e) is well suited for providing distinctive ornamentation; substantially as shown and described.

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