US Plant Patent PP28876

Matgold

Spiraea plant named ‘Matgold’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 22, 2036.

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: PP28876
Filed: August 22, 2016
Granted: January 16, 2018
Expires: August 22, 2036
Assignee: VAN BELLE NURSERY
Inventor: DAVASSE JEAN-PAUL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Spiraea named ‘Matgold’ that is characterized by compact plant habit, its leaves that are copper red in color when young, changing to lemon gold in summer and changing to copper red in fall, and its flowers that open reddish pink in color and change to pink.

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 Spiraea plant named ‘Matgold’ as herein illustrated and described.

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