US Plant Patent PP25629

Nero

Prunus plant named ‘Nero’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 2, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 9, 2033. This patent earned 177 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP25629
Filed: May 9, 2013
Granted: June 23, 2015
Expires: November 2, 2033
Assignee: MIKÓSNÉ JÓZSA
Inventor: MIKÓSNÉ JÓZSA

Abstract

A new cultivar of Prunus laurocerasus , ‘Nero’, characterized by its elongated dark green glossy mature leaves and young leaves that are yellow-green, bushy spreading mounded plant habit; reaching about 2 m in height and 3 m in width, its moderate growth rate, its good disease resistance, and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 6 to 9.

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 Prunus plant named ‘Nero’ as herein illustrated and described.

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