US Plant Patent PP22298
JN3
Eastern redbud tree named ‘JN3’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 20, 2029.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 24, 2029. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP22298
- Filed
- July 24, 2009
- Granted
- December 6, 2011
- Expires
- October 20, 2029
- Assignee
- JACKSON CINDY, JACKSON RAY
- Inventor
- JACKSON RAY; JACKSON CINDY
Abstract
An Eastern Redbud tree named ‘JN3’ having golden orange new growth and specked lime green mature foliage with a wavy, rugose dark green margin and also capable of being reproduced reliably from chip budding.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct variety of Eastern Redbud tree named ‘JN3’ substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its golden orange new growth and speckled lime green mature foliage with a wavy, rugose dark green margin.
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