US Plant Patent PP34992
DISmd-26-18
Distylium plant named ‘DISmd-26-18’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 24, 2042.
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
- PP34992
- Filed
- May 24, 2022
- Granted
- February 21, 2023
- Expires
- May 24, 2042
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA
- Inventor
- DIRR MATTHEW A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Distylium plant named ‘DISmd-26-18’, characterized by its compact, freely branching, mounded, and evergreen plant habit, and its ovate-lanceolate shaped leaves, that are dark green once mature and soft pink in color when newly emerging. The inventor believes it could be used as a landscaping hedge and substitute for boxwood.
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 Distylium plant named ‘DISmd-26-18’ as illustrated and described herein.
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