US Plant Patent PP35699
DISmd-15-18
Distylium plant named ‘DISmd-15-18’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 3, 2043.
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
- PP35699
- Filed
- May 3, 2023
- Granted
- March 19, 2024
- Expires
- May 3, 2043
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA
- Inventor
- DIRR MATTHEW A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Distylium plant named ‘DISmd-15-18’, characterized by its compact, mounding and evergreen growth habit, and its ovate-elliptical shaped leaves, that are dark green once mature and blueish-purple in color when young. The inventor believes it could be used as a foundation plant in the southern United States.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Distylium plant named ‘DISmd-15-18’ as illustrated and described herein.
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