US Plant Patent PP28216
Burgundy Lace
Corylus plant named ‘Burgundy Lace’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 2, 2036.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 21, 2035. This patent earned 134 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP28216
- Filed
- September 21, 2015
- Granted
- July 25, 2017
- Expires
- February 2, 2036
- Assignee
- UNIV OREGON STATE
- Inventor
- MEHLENBACHER SHAWN A; SMITH DAVID C; MCCLUSKEY REBECCA L
Abstract
A new and distinct Corylus plant named ‘Burgundy Lace’ characterized by rich dark burgundy-colored developing leaves and burgundy-colored fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer; deeply dissected leaves; burgundy color of the catkins and leaf buds; moderate vigor and upright-spreading plant habit; resistance to eastern filbert blight (EFB) caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller; presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and 258-580 in DNA; expression of incompatibility alleles S 6 and S 20 in the styles; catkins that are abnormal and small, and produce little pollen; and DNA fingerprints at 14 of 24 microsatellite marker loci differ from ‘Cutleaf’.
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 Corylus plant as herein illustrated and described.
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