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US Plant Patent PP26684

BFC68

Thuja hybrid plant named ‘BFC68’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 5, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 16, 2034. This patent earned 112 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26684, the photograph of BFC68 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26684, 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
PP26684
Filed
May 16, 2014
Granted
May 3, 2016
Expires
September 5, 2034
Assignee
CASE JR BENJAMIN FRANK
Inventor
CASE JR BENJAMIN FRANK

Abstract

‘BFC68’ is a distinctive variety of Thuja plicata×standishii which is characterized by the combination of an overall smaller plant size, dense foliage at the plant's apex where normally there are few branches or branchlets, a higher degree of branching among first, secondary and tertiary branchlets, a pendulous attitude of the terminal portion of lateral branches and all branchlets which creates a soft, feathered foliage texture, and stability and uniformity of traits through successive cycles of asexual propagation.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Thuja plicata×standishii plant named ‘BFC68’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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