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US Plant Patent PP7304

Hines Hardy

Pittosporum tobira `Hines Hardy`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 19, 2008. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP7304
Filed
December 19, 1988
Granted
August 21, 1990
Expires
December 19, 2008

Abstract

A new cultivar of Pittosporum tobira, commonly known as Mock Orange or Japanese Pittosporum, characterized by a compact form and appearance and lustrous dark green foliage. The outstanding feature of the new cultivar is a winter hardiness at least adequate for USDA Zone 8 (10°-20° F.) and possibly for USDA Zone 7 (0°-10° F.)

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 plant cultivar of Pittosporum tobira characterized by compact appearance and lustrous dark green foliage and having winter hardiness at least adequate for USDA Zone 8 (10°-20° F.).

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7304 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.