US Plant Patent PP24782

MNIHAR020

Azalea plant named ‘MNIHAR020’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 24, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 11, 2032. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24782
Filed: April 11, 2012
Granted: August 19, 2014
Expires: June 24, 2032
Assignee: HARRIS ELLA RUTH
Inventor: HARRIS JAMES O

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of azalea plant with spring and fall blooming, attractive, showy, semi-double red flowers, easily propagated by semi-hardwood cuttings in late spring through summer, moderate growth rate under normal fertilization and moisture conditions; compact, broadly globose and freely branching in habit, grows well in containers, thrives in shade or sun and is hardy in Zone 7, is disclosed.

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

I claim: 1. A new variety of azalea plant named ‘MNIHAR020’ as herein shown and described.

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