US Plant Patent PP23006
MNIHAR012
Azalea plant named ‘MNIHAR012’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 14, 2031.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 25, 2030. This patent earned 142 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23006
- Filed
- August 25, 2010
- Granted
- September 4, 2012
- Expires
- January 14, 2031
- Inventor
- HARRIS JAMES O; HARRIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE ELLA RUTH
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant with spring, late summer and fall blooming, attractive, showy, semi-double, hose-in-hose flowers, easily propagated by semi-hardwood cuttings in late spring through summer, moderate growth rate under normal fertilization and moisture conditions; globose and freely-branching in habit, grows well in containers, thrives in shade or sun and is hardy in Zone 6, is disclosed.
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1. A new variety of Azalea plant named ‘MNIHAR012’ as herein shown and described.
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