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US Plant Patent PP20012

Condavis

Siberian Cypress plant named ‘Condavis’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 20, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20012, the photograph of Condavis printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20012, 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
PP20012
Filed
February 20, 2008
Granted
May 19, 2009
Expires
February 20, 2028
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
DAVIS HAROLD A

Abstract

A new and distinctive Microbiota decussata plant is provided. Unlike common plants of the species, the new plant displays attractive green foliage wherein the leaf scales are raised both when juvenile and mature so as to impart a fuzzy appearance. The growth habit is creeping and prostrate. The new plant is well suited for growing as a specimen plant or in a group as a ground cover.

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

1. A new and distinct Siberian Cypress plant possessing the following characteristics: (a) displays a creeping prostrate growth habit, (b) forms attractive green foliage wherein the leaf scales are raised so as to impart a fuzzy appearance unlike the appressed leaf scales displayed by common Microbiota decussata plants, and (c) is well suited for growing as a specimen plant or in a group as a ground cover; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20012 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.