US Plant Patent PP14616

Monca

Yucca plant named ‘Monca’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 19, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 3, 2022. This patent earned 47 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14616, the photograph of Monca printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14616, 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: PP14616
Filed: October 3, 2002
Granted: March 16, 2004
Expires: November 19, 2022
Assignee: MONROVIA NURSERY CO
Inventor: VILLA GERARDO L

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Yucca plant named ‘Monca’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly arching growth habit; long narrow sword-like leaves; and dark and light green variegated leaves.

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 Yucca plant named ‘Monca’ as illustrated and described.

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