US Plant Patent PP19994

FIRE N ICE

Pieris plant named ‘FIRE N ICE’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 12, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 2, 2027. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP19994
Filed: November 2, 2007
Granted: May 12, 2009
Expires: November 12, 2027
Assignee: ELLEFSON JIM
Inventor: ELLEFSON JIM

Abstract

A new cultivar of Pieris named ‘FIRE N ICE’ that is distinguishable by upright bushy habit, clean bright, variegated foliage, fiery-red new growth, and cream-white flowers. In combination these traits set ‘FIRE N ICE’ apart from all other existing varieties of Pieris known to the inventor.

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 Pieris plant named ‘FIRE N ICE’ as described and illustrated herein.

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