US Plant Patent PP22249

JN4

Japanese maple tree named ‘JN4’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 20, 2029.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 24, 2029. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP22249
Filed: July 24, 2009
Granted: November 15, 2011
Expires: October 20, 2029
Assignee: JACKSON CINDY, JACKSON RAY
Inventor: JACKSON RAY; JACKSON CINDY

Abstract

A Japanese Maple named ‘JN4’ having persistent red-purple foliage and an early weeping habit, and also capable of being reliably asexually reproduced from chip budding.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Japanese Maple tree named ‘JN4’ substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its persistent red-purple foliage and an early weeping habit.

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