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US Plant Patent PP15329

Golf Ball

Pittosporum plant named ‘Golf Ball’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 1, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15329, the photograph of Golf Ball printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15329, 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
PP15329
Filed
December 1, 2003
Granted
November 16, 2004
Expires
December 1, 2023
Inventor
FYFE MARK NELSON

Abstract

A new and distinct Pittosporum plant named ‘Golf Ball’, characterized by its compact and roughly spherical plant form; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dense and bushy plant habit; and dark green-colored leaves.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Pittosporum plant named ‘Golf Ball’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15329 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.