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US Plant Patent PP36785

JN100

Cercis plant named ‘JN100’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 9, 2044.

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 PP36785, the photograph of JN100 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36785, 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
PP36785
Filed
August 9, 2024
Granted
July 1, 2025
Expires
August 9, 2044
Assignee
GREENLEAF NURSERY COMPANY, JACKSON CINDY, JACKSON RAY
Inventor
JACKSON RAY; JACKSON CINDY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Cercis canadensis tree named ‘JN100’ that is characterized by its unique foliage colors; bright red and orange emerging foliage that changes to green when the leaves mature, its emerging foliage color holds for a long time period, its upright plant habit, its foliage that is resistant to leaf scorch in mid-summer in Southern climates, and its slow growth rate with reduced branch damage due to wind and ice.

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 Cercis canadensis tree named ‘JN100’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36785 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.