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.

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.
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