US Plant Patent PP37068
Rutstar
Cornus plant named ‘Rutstar’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 27, 2045.
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
- PP37068
- Filed
- January 27, 2025
- Granted
- October 28, 2025
- Expires
- January 27, 2045
- Assignee
- UNIV RUTGERS
- Inventor
- MOLNAR THOMAS J; CAPIK JOHN M
Abstract
A new Cornus cultivar of interspecific hybrid origin, Cornus elwinortonii (Cornus kousa x Cornus nuttallii), that is clearly distinguished by its floriferous display of large, bright-white floral bracts, attractive dark-green foliage, and tolerance of the incitants of powdery mildew.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar dogwood tree named ‘Rutstar’, substantially as herein shown and described.
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