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US Plant Patent PP29290

Sjo

Cercis plant named ‘Sjo’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 7, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 22, 2036. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29290, the photograph of Sjo printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29290, 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
PP29290
Filed
June 22, 2016
Granted
May 15, 2018
Expires
July 7, 2036
Assignee
WESTERVELT KEITH D, BLUEVILLE NURSERY INC
Inventor
WESTERVELT KEITH D

Abstract

A new cultivar of Cercis canadensis plant named ‘Sjo’ that is characterized by its flower buds that are dark pink in color and open to flowers that are a blend of light pink and white in color, its upright, slightly arching plant habit, its flowers with sepals that are light to medium reddish pink in color, and its medium-large cordate to deltoid shaped leaves that are medium green in color.

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 plant named ‘Sjo’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29290 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.