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US Plant Patent PP20584

Mnstamepa

Caesalpinia plant named ‘Mnstamepa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 28, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 29, 2027. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20584, the photograph of Mnstamepa printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20584, 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
PP20584
Filed
November 29, 2007
Granted
December 15, 2009
Expires
January 28, 2028
Assignee
CAMELOT NURSERIES INC
Inventor
GASS RONALD E

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of the genus Caesalpinia is provided. This hybrid has been named ‘Mnstamepa’ for a cultivar name and is trademarked as Sierra Sun™. The new variety is a product of a cross between Caesalpinia mexicana and Caesalpinia palmeri which occurred in the year 1996. The Genus/species designation for the plant is Caesalpinia mexicana×palmer. The new variety was selected because it displays a uniquely different flower color previously unavailable in the genus, and a more open less twiggy habit with a finer leaf structure that either of its parents.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Caesalpinia plant as herein illustrated and described.

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