US Plant Patent PP30493

Bronfire

Cotoneaster plant named ‘Bronfire’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 11, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 27, 2037. This patent earned 76 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP30493
Filed: March 27, 2017
Granted: May 14, 2019
Expires: June 11, 2037
Assignee: BRON VINCENT
Inventor: BRON VINCENT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Cotoneaster named ‘Bronfire’, characterized by its foliage that is dark green in color that changes to orange and red in color in the fall, its foliage that is glossy, cup-shaped and slightly twisted, its mid to late summer berries that are bright red in color, its upright pant habit and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 3.

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 Cotoneaster plant named ‘Bronfire’ as herein illustrated and described.

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