US Plant Patent PP35765

Discovery

Forsythia plant named ‘Discovery’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 17, 2043.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP35765
Filed: March 17, 2023
Granted: April 23, 2024
Expires: March 17, 2043
Assignee: MITCHELL ELIZABETH
Inventor: MITCHELL ELIZABETH

Abstract

A new cultivar of Forsythia plant named ‘Discovery’ that is characterized by its upright plant habit with arching branches and variegated foliage in which the young leaves exhibit green centers and broad bright yellow marginal bands. The golden yellow flowers of ‘Discovery’ emerge early in spring, before the development of the new season's foliage and at peak flowering completely cover the plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Forsythia Plant Named ‘Discovery’ as described and illustrated herein.

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