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US Plant Patent PP33362

Carolina Sunset

Ternstroemia plant named ‘Carolina Sunset’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 17, 2040.

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 PP33362, the photograph of Carolina Sunset printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33362, 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
PP33362
Filed
August 17, 2020
Granted
August 17, 2021
Expires
August 17, 2040
Assignee
DAVIS RICHARD
Inventor
DAVIS RICHARD

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ternstroemia plant, ‘Carolina Sunset’, that is characterized by its unique, brightly colored gold foliage in spring into summer and again on new growth in fall, its easily maintainable plant habit with a plant height of 1.2 to 1.8 m, and its new shoots that are coppery orange in color.

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 Ternstroemia plant named ‘Carolina Sunset’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33362 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.