US Plant Patent PP25469

Chovozam

Cornus plant named ‘Chovozam’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 4, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 13, 2033. This patent earned 22 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP25469
Filed: March 13, 2013
Granted: April 28, 2015
Expires: April 4, 2033
Assignee: Lake Country Nursery, ZAMPINI JAMES W
Inventor: ZAMPINI JAMES W

Abstract

A new cultivar of Cornus , ‘Chovozam’, that is characterized by its thick variegated foliage with green centers and creamy white margins that becomes tinged with red in the fall, its stems that are bright red in winter, its upright rounded and very compact plant habit, its bright white fruit, its creamy white flowers, and its slow growth habit.

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 Cornus plant named ‘Chovozam’ as herein illustrated and described.

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