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.