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US Plant Patent PP23746

Lemon Funky

Cotoneaster plant named ‘Lemon Funky’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 17, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 13, 2031. This patent earned 126 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23746, the photograph of Lemon Funky printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23746, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP23746
Filed
April 13, 2011
Granted
July 16, 2013
Expires
August 17, 2031
Inventor
MUELLER HANS JUERGEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Cotoneaster plant named ‘Lemon Funky’ that is characterized by young foliage that is yellow and matures to yellow-green, grey-purple stems, green-white flowers and a prostrate habit.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Cotoneaster plant named ‘Lemon Funky’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23746 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.