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US Plant Patent PP20694

Red Dragon

Corylus plant named ‘Red Dragon’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 16, 2028.

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 PP20694, the photograph of Red Dragon printed in the patent.
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The record

Patent number
PP20694
Filed
April 16, 2008
Granted
February 2, 2010
Expires
April 16, 2028
Assignee
OREGON STATE
Inventor
MEHLENBACHER SHAWN A; SMITH DAVID C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘Red Dragon,’ characterized by its outwardly spreading plant habit, twisting stems, rich dark burgundy-colored leaves, burgundy color of the catkins and leaf buds, and resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Muller.

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

1. A new and distinct Corylus plant named ‘Red Dragon’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20694 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.