US Plant Patent PP31317

Tinkerbelle

Magnolia plant named ‘Tinkerbelle’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 18, 2038.

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: PP31317
Filed: December 18, 2018
Granted: January 7, 2020
Expires: December 18, 2038
Assignee: HOOPER VANCE JAMES
Inventor: HOOPER VANCE JAMES

Abstract

A new cultivar of Magnolia plant named ‘Tinkerbelle’ that is characterized by upright cup shaped flowers having red-purple tepals, slender upright oriented branches, terminal flowers that are normally solitary and flowers that maintain their color during the flowering season.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Magnolia plant named ‘Tinkerbelle’ as described and illustrated.

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