US Plant Patent PP14541

PVN III

Schefflera plant named ‘PVN III’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 6, 2022. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP14541
Filed: December 6, 2002
Granted: February 17, 2004
Expires: December 6, 2022
Inventor: BOTTOMS ELLSWORTH D; BOTTOMS LUSEANE

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Schefflera plant named ‘PVN III’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; short internodes and freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; glossy dark green and creamy white variegated leaves.

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 Schefflera plant named ‘PVN III’, as illustrated and described.

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