US Plant Patent PP28281

Cherry Mocha

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Cherry Mocha’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 21, 2036.

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: PP28281
Filed: June 21, 2016
Granted: August 15, 2017
Expires: June 21, 2036
Assignee: HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Cherry Mocha’ has a dense, compact, narrow, upright habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has glossy burgundy foliage slowly developing into deep green with burgundy tinting. The flowers are fragrant, large and cherry-red colored arising from shiny red buds.

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 crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Cherry Mocha’ essentially as herein illustrated and described.

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