US Plant Patent PP8635
Hines darkleaf
Rhaphiolepis indica "Hines darkleaf"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 10, 2012. 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
- PP8635
- Filed
- August 10, 1992
- Granted
- March 8, 1994
- Expires
- August 10, 2012
- Assignee
- HINES NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- BARR WILLIAM C
Abstract
The new plant is a hybrid Rhaphiolepis indica plant characterized by its unique deep purple foliage in winter that is a darker purple than any other Rhaphiolepis indica cultivar. It is also unique for its compact, low growth habit.
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 variety of Rhaphiolepis indica plant substantially as herein shown and described, and which is particularly characterized by its dark purple winter foliage and compact, low, prostrate growth habit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8635 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.