US Plant Patent PP30146
BJ2013
Forsythia plant named ‘BJ2013’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 3, 2037.
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
- PP30146
- Filed
- August 3, 2017
- Granted
- January 29, 2019
- Expires
- August 3, 2037
- Assignee
- HENRY CHARLES WILLIAM, SPRING JASON JON
- Inventor
- SPRING JASON JON; HENRY CHARLES WILLIAM
Abstract
A new and distinct Forsythia cultivar named ‘BJ2013’ which is characterized by the combination of an upright to arching growth habit with a globular plant form, a moderate abundance of small yellow flowers in early spring prior to the emergence of new foliage, unique juvenile foliage color comprised of a highly variable combination of yellow-green and light green-yellow mottle variegation on some portion of the leaf surface with the balance of the leaf with zonal green-yellow coloration, unique mature foliage variegation comprised of a combination of green with light green and white mottling and zonal white coloration, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.
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That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Forsythia plant named ‘BJ2013’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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