US Plant Patent PP32114
MNICH01
Forsythia plant named ‘MNICH01’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 3, 2039.
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
- PP32114
- Filed
- December 3, 2019
- Granted
- August 25, 2020
- Expires
- December 3, 2039
- Assignee
- MCCORKLE NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- HOBBS CHRISTINE
Abstract
A new and distinct Forsythia plant named ‘MNICH01’ particularly distinguished by new foliage growth exhibiting solid yellow coloration, unique leaf margin variegation on maturing leaves, leaf margin variegation that extends the showy period of the plant beyond the spring flowering period, and reduced plant size providing more compact plant form when compared to other standard commercial Forsythia cultivars, as disclosed.
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 variety of Forsythia plant named ‘MNICH01’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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