US Plant Patent PP15948

Cool Gold

Tolmiea menziesii plant named ‘Cool Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 20, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 1, 2024. This patent earned 81 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15948
Filed: July 1, 2004
Granted: September 6, 2005
Expires: September 20, 2024
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: BROWN JR KENNETH E

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Tolmiea menziesii plant characterized by its yellow green foliage.

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 Tolmiea menziesii plant, as illustrated and described herein, characterized by its yellow green foliage.

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