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.

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