US Plant Patent PP32468
Erica's Appalachian Sunrise
Cornus florida tree named ‘Erica's Appalachian Sunrise’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 26, 2039.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP32468
- Filed
- July 26, 2019
- Granted
- November 17, 2020
- Expires
- July 26, 2039
- Assignee
- UNIV TENNESSEE RES FOUND
- Inventor
- TRIGIANO ROBERT N; WADL PHILLIP A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of flowering dogwood tree, which produces both fully dark red bracts and lighter red to pink bracts is provided. This dogwood tree is botanically known as Cornus florida and referred to by the following cultivar name: ‘Erica's Appalachian Sunrise’.
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 Dogwood tree, Cornus florida , named ‘ERICA'S APPALACHIAN SUNRISE’, as illustrated and described.
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