US Plant Patent PP9988
Hillside Black Beauty
Plant named `Hillside Black Beauty`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 19, 2015. 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
- PP9988
- Filed
- October 19, 1995
- Granted
- August 5, 1997
- Expires
- October 19, 2015
- Inventor
- MCGOURTY MARY ANN
Abstract
A variety of Cimicifuga ramosa having leaves with dark coloration.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinctive cultivar of Cimicifuga ramosa plant, substantially as described and illustrated; named `Hillside Black Beauty`, particularly distinguished by the intensive dark purple coloration of the foliage and stems.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9988 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.