US Plant Patent PP28583

Sosa

Podocarpus plant named ‘Sosa’

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.

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The record

Patent number: PP28583
Filed: December 22, 2015
Granted: October 31, 2017
Expires: February 2, 2036
Assignee: KAWAGUCHI KENICHI
Inventor: KAWAGUCHI KENICHI

Abstract

A new cultivar of Podocarpus macrophyllus , ‘Sosa’, that is characterized by its new growth tips and leaves that are reddish brown in color in spring and fall, its mature tree trunk cracks in a tortoise shell pattern, its leaves that are short in length and medium in width, 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 ‘Sosa’ as herein illustrated and described.

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