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US Plant Patent PP8723

Ocean Blue

Variety of limonium named Ocean Blue

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 7, 2013. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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
PP8723
Filed
June 7, 1993
Granted
May 10, 1994
Expires
June 7, 2013
Inventor
SATO KAZUNORI; KOREEDA KAZUHARU; TAKANASHI NOBUAKI

Abstract

A new variety of Limonium is tall with upright stems. The flower color is a bluish-purple. The flowers are long-lasting and the plant is easy to grow. Up to 8 stems flowers can be cut in the first year and 10-12 flower stems in the second year.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Limonium as shown and described herein and characterized by its bluish-purple color, height, and upright stems.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8723 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.