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US Plant Patent PP19654

Greswan

Cercis tree named ‘Greswan’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 22, 2027.

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 PP19654, the photograph of Greswan printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19654, 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
PP19654
Filed
August 22, 2007
Granted
January 20, 2009
Expires
August 22, 2027
Assignee
GREENLEAF NURSERY COMPANY
Inventor
SWANSON KERRY; FOUNTAIN DANNY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Cercis Canadensis named ‘Greswan’, characterized by its continuous production of burgundy colored new foliage (both upper and lower surface) throughout the growing season, its multicolored effect when combined with mature green foliage, its burgundy stems and petioles, its distinctively heart-shaped leaves, its purple pink flowers emerging in early spring, its hardiness to U.S.D.A Zone 5, and its ease of propagation by budding.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Cercis canadensis plant named ‘Greswan’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19654 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.