US Plant Patent PP36137
Mincolem04
Cotinus plant named ‘Mincolem04’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 23, 2044.
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
- PP36137
- Filed
- January 23, 2024
- Granted
- September 24, 2024
- Expires
- January 23, 2044
- Assignee
- HORTIVAL DIFFUSION SAS, CHAUSSARD PIERRE
- Inventor
- CHAUSSARD PIERRE
Abstract
A new cultivar of Cotinus coggygria named ‘Mincolem04’ that is characterized by its foliage coloration that is yellow-orange in color for new growth, yellow-lime in spring, becoming more green in summer, and then turning to a blend of yellow, green, orange and red in autumn, its strong stems, its medium to vigorous growth habit, and its erect, well branched plant form.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Cotinus plant named ‘Mincolem04’ as herein illustrated and described.
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