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US Plant Patent PP23863

Jefgreen

Malus tree named ‘Jefgreen’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 10, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 29, 2031. This patent earned 165 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23863, the photograph of Jefgreen printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23863, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP23863
Filed
August 29, 2011
Granted
September 3, 2013
Expires
February 10, 2032
Assignee
RONALD WILBERT G
Inventor
RONALD WILBERT G

Abstract

A new and distinctive cultivar of flowering crabapple, botanically known as Malus ‘Jefgreen’, that is characterized by its columnar plant habit, its foliage that is bronze-green in color in spring that change to green in color in summer, its light pink flowers opening from pink flower buds, its cold hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zone 3, and its good resistance to apple scab and fireblight.

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 Malus tree named ‘Jefgreen’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23863 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.