US Plant Patent PP20787
HOHB
Ternstroemia plant named ‘HOHB’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 8, 2028.
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
- PP20787
- Filed
- September 8, 2008
- Granted
- February 23, 2010
- Expires
- September 8, 2028
- Assignee
- HEAD ORNAMENTALS INC
- Inventor
- HEAD WILLIAM A; HEAD ROBERT H; HEAD LISA JONES
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Ternstroemia plant named ‘HOHB’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant form; uniformly mounded habit; dense and bushy plant habit; vigorous growth habit; leaves that are initially bright yellow in the spring, becoming golden bronze in the summer and green highlighted with yellow in the late autumn and winter; and good garden performance.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ternstroemia plant named ‘HOHB’ as illustrated and described.
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