US Plant Patent PP20730
RutRhaph1
Indian hawthorn plant named ‘RutRhaph1’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends June 17, 2028.
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
- PP20730
- Filed
- June 17, 2008
- Granted
- February 9, 2010
- Expires
- June 17, 2028
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
- Inventor
- RUTER JOHN
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of hawthorn, Rhaphiolepis umbellata , which is characterized by unique undulate leaf margins with small leaf margins; petite petals, with both length and width being small; overall plant height and width resulting in a small and wide appearance; relatively few stamens; relatively early full bloom date; and relatively slow growth.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. We claim a new and distinct variety of Indian Hawthorn plant named ‘RutRhaph1’ substantially as herein described and illustrated.
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