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US Plant Patent PP12870

Henneke

Viburnum plant named ‘Henneke’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 30, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 22, 2021. This patent earned 67 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12870, the photograph of Henneke printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12870, 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
PP12870
Filed
January 22, 2001
Granted
August 20, 2002
Expires
March 30, 2021
Assignee
SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor
HENNEKE RODNEY

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Viburnum plant named ‘Henneke’, characterized by its upright and rounded plant habit; very freely branching, dense and bushy plant habit; durable foliage that is relatively less susceptible to marginal scorching; numerous small white flowers arranged in large rounded hemispherical cymes; long-persisting dark red fruit; and superior winter hardiness; plants have been observed to tolerate temperatures as low as −35° C.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Viburnum plant named ‘Henneke’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12870 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.