US Plant Patent PP21226
Sofie
Symphoricarpos plant named ‘Sofie’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 27, 2029.
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
- PP21226
- Filed
- February 27, 2009
- Granted
- August 24, 2010
- Expires
- February 27, 2029
- Assignee
- HOEKSTRA-ARISZ CATHARINA MARIE
- Inventor
- HOEKSTRA-ARISZ CATHARINA MARIE
Abstract
A new and distinct Symphoricarpos hybrid cultivar named ‘SOFIE’ is disclosed, characterized by large berries, long fruiting stems, light green foliage and pink berries tinged with white. The new variety is a Symphoricarpos hybrid, suitable for outdoor landscape and decorative cut fruiting stem use.
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 Symphoricarpos plant named ‘SOFIE’ as herein illustrated and described.
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