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US Plant Patent PP23756

Meirenyu

Elm tree named ‘Meirenyu’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 8, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 14, 2031. This patent earned 85 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23756, the photograph of Meirenyu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23756, 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
PP23756
Filed
December 14, 2011
Granted
July 23, 2013
Expires
March 8, 2032
Assignee
Hebei Academy of Forestry Science, HUANG YINRAN, JIA ZONGKAI, LIU JUN, SHIJIAZHUANG LVYUANDA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ENG CO, ZHANG JUNYING
Inventor
HUANG YINRAN; ZHANG JUNYING; LIU JUN; JIA ZONGKAI

Abstract

A new cultivar of Ulmus pumila , ‘Meirenyu’, characterized by its foliage that is bright yellow in color with the yellow color retained throughout the growing season on leaves with good sun exposure and by its young branches that are orange-red in color.

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 elm tree named ‘Meirenyu’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23756 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.