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US Plant Patent PP36648

Zelroc3423

Cornus plant named ‘Zelroc3423’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 30, 2044.

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 PP36648, the photograph of Zelroc3423 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36648, 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
PP36648
Filed
October 30, 2024
Granted
May 6, 2025
Expires
October 30, 2044
Inventor
ZLESAK DAVID CHARLES

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Cornus plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘Zelroc3423’, is described. The new variety forms creamy, white colored flowers. The growth habit is compact. Green colored foliage is formed. Bright, red colored stems are exhibited in winter. Additionally, the new variety is particularly well suited for growing as distinctive ornamentation in the landscape.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Cornus plant named ‘Zelroc3423’ characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms creamy, white colored flowers, (b) provides green colored foliage, (c) exhibits a compact growth habit, and (d) provides bright, red colored stems in winter, substantially as herein shown and described.

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