US Plant Patent PP25705

Silver Ball

Pittosporum tenuifolium plant named ‘Silver Ball’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 13, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 20, 2033. This patent earned 116 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP25705
Filed: May 20, 2013
Granted: July 14, 2015
Expires: September 13, 2033
Assignee: PLANT PRODUCTION LTD
Inventor: FYFE MARK NELSON

Abstract

A Pittosporum tenuifolium plant particularly distinguished by grey green leaves with irregular white margins; compact and spherical plant form; vigorous growth habit and freely basal branching habit, a dense and bushy plant.

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 cultivar of Pittosporum tenuifolium plant as shown and described herein.

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