US Plant Patent PP16433

Shibamichi Gold

Tilia cordata plant named ‘Shibamichi Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 8, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 18, 2022. This patent earned 81 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16433, the photograph of Shibamichi Gold printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16433, 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: PP16433
Filed: September 18, 2002
Granted: April 11, 2006
Expires: December 8, 2022
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: SHIBAMICHI AKIRA

Abstract

A new plant variety of Tilia cordata Mill. named ‘Shibamichi Gold’ having bright golden yellow new foliage that matures to chartreuse in the summer.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Tilia cordata plant as shown and described.

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