US Plant Patent PP29969
JN Select A
Carpinus plant named ‘JN Select A’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 10, 2037.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 7, 2036. This patent earned 34 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP29969
- Filed
- December 7, 2016
- Granted
- December 11, 2018
- Expires
- January 10, 2037
- Assignee
- JN PLANT SELECTIONS LLC
- Inventor
- YANNY MICHAEL D
Abstract
A new cultivar of Carpinus plant named ‘JN Select A’ that is characterized by its foliage that consistently turns deep orange-red in color in the fall in Southern Wisconsin, its vigorous growth rate, and its good cold hardiness in Southern Wisconsin.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Carpinus plant named ‘JN Select A’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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