US Plant Patent PP35832

NC2017-8

Cercis plant named ‘NC2017-8’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 18, 2042.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP35832
Filed: October 18, 2022
Granted: May 28, 2024
Expires: October 18, 2042
Assignee: UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Inventor: WERNER DENNIS; KENEALY LEANNE M

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Cercis plant, referred to by its cultivar name ‘NC2017-8’, is disclosed. The new cultivar originated in a controlled breeding program. Plants of the new variety provide purple-colored flowers and exhibit small and purple colored foliage. The new variety displays a moderately slow growing, profuse branching, weeping and compact growth habit.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Cercis plant named ‘NC2017-8’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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