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US Plant Patent PP28696

GloBall

Pittosporum plant named ‘GloBall’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 28, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28696, the photograph of GloBall printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28696, 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
PP28696
Filed
October 28, 2016
Granted
November 28, 2017
Expires
October 28, 2036
Inventor
RITCHIE JOHN STANLEY; RITCHIE KATHLEEN ANNE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Pittosporum plant named ‘GloBall’ that is characterized by a a spherical overall shape, a compact habit and variegated leaves that are green with irregular cream colored margins.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Pittosporum plant named ‘GloBall’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28696 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.