US Plant Patent PP24383
MNIHAR027
Azalea plant named ‘MNIHAR027’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 11, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 22, 2032. This patent earned 50 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24383
- Filed
- August 22, 2012
- Granted
- April 15, 2014
- Expires
- October 11, 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, single red flowers, easily propagated by semi-hardwood cuttings in late spring through summer, moderate growth rate under normal fertilization and moisture conditions; low growing, spreading, freely branching growth habit; grows well in containers, thrives in shade or sun and is hardy to 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 ‘MNIHAR027’ as herein shown and described.
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