US Plant Patent PP32461

Hunterdon

Corylus plant named ‘Hunterdon’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 12, 2039.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP32461
Filed: August 12, 2019
Granted: November 17, 2020
Expires: August 12, 2039
Assignee: UNIV RUTGERS
Inventor: MOLNAR THOMAS J; MEHLENBACHER SHAWN A; CAPIK JOHN M

Abstract

A new and distinct Corylus avellana plant named ‘Hunterdon’ characterized by a vigorous and upright growth habit, the production of nuts with globular kernels that fall free of the husk at maturity, and a high level of tolerance (quantitative resistance) to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller.

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 of Corylus plant named ‘Hunterdon’, as illustrated and described.

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