US Patent Issued to Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Science on Sept. 1 for "Ilex plant named 'HARVEST'" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. PP37,656, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Science (China).

"Ilex plant named 'HARVEST'" was invented by Chen Hong (Nanjing, China), Zhou Ting (Nanjing, China), Chong Xinran (Nanjing, China), Lu Bo (Nanjing, China), Li Naiwei (Nanjing, China), Zhou Yanwei (Nanjing, China), Cai Xiaolong (Nanjing, China), Lu Xiaoqing (Nanjing, China) and Wang Chuanyong (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of Ilex plant named 'HARVEST' is disclosed characterized by dense fruit set at lateral axils. Fruits are distinctively incised with a residual calyx. Young f...