US Plant Patent PP27780

PJM Elite Star

Rhododendron plant named ‘PJM Elite Star’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 15, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 4, 2035. This patent earned 103 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP27780
Filed: March 4, 2015
Granted: March 14, 2017
Expires: June 15, 2035
Assignee: SIDHU GURJIT
Inventor: SIDHU GURJIT

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Rhododendron plant named ‘PJM Elite Star’ that is characterized by its flowers that are deep purple-violet-red in color, its early spring blooming habit, its densely branched plant habit, and its summer foliage that is dark green in color and winter foliage that is dark reddish brown in color.

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 Rhododendron plant named ‘PJM Elite Star’ as herein illustrated and described.

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