US Plant Patent PP24753
MNIHAR022
Azalea plant named ‘MNIHAR022’
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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24753
- Filed
- April 11, 2012
- Granted
- August 12, 2014
- Expires
- June 24, 2032
- Assignee
- HARRIS ELLA RUTH
- Inventor
- HARRIS JAMES O
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of azalea plant with spring blooming, attractive, showy, single light pink with red border 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 6, 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 ‘MNIHAR022’ as herein shown and described.
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