US Plant Patent PP36716

JFS GM1HM

Heptacodium tree named ‘JFS GM1HM’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 14, 2044.

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: PP36716
Filed: May 14, 2024
Granted: June 3, 2025
Expires: May 14, 2044
Assignee: J FRANK SCHMIDT & SON CO
Inventor: MEACHAM GUY E

Abstract

A new variety of Heptacodium miconioides ‘JFS GM1HM’ with a unique combination of characteristics, combining a more upright narrower growth habit. Forming an upright oval canopy on a single central trunk, which begins flowering at an early age.

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 Heptacodium miconioides tree named ‘JFS GM1HM’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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