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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23746
- Filed
- April 13, 2011
- Granted
- July 16, 2013
- Expires
- August 17, 2031
- Assignee
- MUELLER HANS JUERGEN
- 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.
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