US Plant Patent PP29778

Stellar Ruby

Magnolia plant named ‘Stellar Ruby’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 25, 2037.

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: PP29778
Filed: May 25, 2017
Granted: October 30, 2018
Expires: May 25, 2037
Assignee: MCCRACKEN THOMAS PATRICK
Inventor: MCCRACKEN THOMAS PATRICK

Abstract

A new cultivar of Magnolia named ‘Stellar Ruby’ that is characterized by its a very narrow and dense pyramidal growth habit, its floriferous blooming habit, its flowers that are purple in color and fragrant, its fast plant growth habit, its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 7, and its ability to bloom on plants that are young in age.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Magnolia plant named ‘Stellar Ruby’ as herein illustrated and described.

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