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US Plant Patent PP32190

NCPR-7

Prunus plant named ‘NCPR-7’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 27, 2038.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP32190, the photograph of NCPR-7 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32190, 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
PP32190
Filed
December 27, 2018
Granted
September 15, 2020
Expires
December 27, 2038
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Inventor
WERNER DENNIS JAMES; SNELLING LAYNE KARLTON

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Prunus cerasifera Prunus plant, herein referred to by its cultivar name, ‘NCPR-7’, is provided which forms dark purple colored foliage. The new variety forms moderately vigorous vegetation and provides growth habit that is weeping. The new variety is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Prunus plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive, dark purple colored foliage, (b) exhibits weeping growth habit, and (c) provides moderately vigorous vegetation; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32190 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.