US Plant Patent PP25769
AZ 47
Azalea plant named ‘AZ 47’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 1, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 9, 2033. This patent earned 176 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP25769
- Filed
- August 9, 2013
- Granted
- August 4, 2015
- Expires
- February 1, 2034
- Assignee
- US AGRICULTURE, CAPSTONE PLANTS INC
- Inventor
- POUNDERS CECIL T; BERRY JAMES B
Abstract
A new cultivar of Azalea named ‘AZ 47’, that is characterized by its repeat blooming habit, its floriferous blooming habit with fuchsia pink single flowers, its foliage that has been observed to be pest free, its high tolerance to heat and humidity when grown in Southern U.S.A., and its ability to be readily propagated by softwood stem cuttings with a high percentage of successful rooting.
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 Azalea plant named ‘AZ 47’ as herein illustrated and described.
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