US Plant Patent PP20358
Dusky Maiden
Cotinus plant named ‘Dusky Maiden’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 4, 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
- PP20358
- Filed
- August 4, 2008
- Granted
- September 29, 2009
- Expires
- August 4, 2028
- Assignee
- MOORE PETER
- Inventor
- MOORE PETER
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Cotinus coggygria plant named ‘DUSKY MAIDEN’ with bushy plant habit and bright red-purple foliage when exposed to full sunlight. In partial shade, the foliage color remains green-purple. The leaves of ‘DUSKY MAIDEN’ bear undulating leaf margins and the leaf veins and petioles are redder than the red-purple leaf blade. The inflorescence of ‘DUSKY MAIDEN’ appears smoky due to the presence of numerous light purple hairs which grow along the entire length of the pedicels.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Cotinus plant named ‘DUSKY MAIDEN’ as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20358 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.