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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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20787, the photograph of HOHB printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20787, 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
PP20787
Filed
September 8, 2008
Granted
February 23, 2010
Expires
September 8, 2028
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.

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 Ternstroemia plant named ‘HOHB’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20787 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.