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US Plant Patent PP28582

Miu

Podocarpus plant named ‘Miu’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 2, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 22, 2035. This patent earned 42 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28582, the photograph of Miu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28582, 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
PP28582
Filed
December 22, 2015
Granted
October 31, 2017
Expires
February 2, 2036
Assignee
SATO YOSHIO
Inventor
SATO YOSHIO

Abstract

A new cultivar of Podocarpus macrophyllus , ‘Miu’, that is characterized by its growth tips and leaves that are yellow-white in color, its variegated foliage that is mottled with yellow and green throughout the leaves, its straight trunk with medium tapering, and its limited branching without pruning.

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 cultivar of Podocarpus plant named ‘Miu’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28582 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.