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US Plant Patent PP35634

NC2017-9

Cercis plant named ‘NC2017-9’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 16, 2043.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 18, 2042. This patent earned 180 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP35634, the photograph of NC2017-9 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35634, 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
PP35634
Filed
October 18, 2022
Granted
February 6, 2024
Expires
April 16, 2043
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 ‘NC2017-9’, is disclosed. The new variety is characterized by its purple-colored flowers, small and green colored foliage which exhibits an attractive moderate reddish orange color on newly emerging leaves, and 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 ‘NC2017-9’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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