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US Plant Patent PP33922

NCRX8

Azalea plant ‘NCRX8’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 9, 2041.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP33922, the photograph of NCRX8 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33922, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP33922
Filed
June 9, 2021
Granted
February 1, 2022
Expires
June 9, 2041
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Inventor
RANNEY THOMAS GREEN; TOUCHELL DARREN; PALMER IRENE; NUS ANDRA; LYNCH NATHAN P

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Rhododendron plant named ‘NCRX8’ having prolific, bright cherry-red single flowers, cold hardy to USDA Zone 6b, consistent Fall reblooming, and a dense, compact habit. The new cultivar is a Rhododendron, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Rhododendron plant named ‘NCRX8’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33922 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.