US Plant Patent PP15575

Eva

Sambucus plant named ‘Eva’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 4, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 3, 2023. This patent earned 31 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15575, the photograph of Eva printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15575, 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: PP15575
Filed: June 3, 2003
Granted: February 22, 2005
Expires: July 4, 2023
Assignee: HORTICULTURE RES INTERNAT
Inventor: TOBUTT KENNETH RICHARD

Abstract

A new cultivar of Sambucus nigra plant named ‘Eva’ that is particulary distinguished in having foliage that combines very dark purple color with a laciniate shape.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Sambucus nigra plant named ‘Eva’ as described and illustrated.

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