US Plant Patent PP25473

Snow Mountain

Exochorda plant named ‘Snow Mountain’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 21, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 4, 2033. This patent earned 170 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP25473
Filed: June 4, 2013
Granted: April 28, 2015
Expires: November 21, 2033
Assignee: GEERS HERMAN
Inventor: GEERS HERMAN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Exochorda , ‘Snow Mountain’, that is characterized by its floriferous habit with flowers present the entire length of the stem, its upright and compact plant habit, its ability to be readily propagated by softwood stem cutting with good rooting, its consistent growth habit, and its healthy, disease free foliage.

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 Exochorda plant named ‘Snow Mountain’ as herein illustrated and described.

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