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US Plant Patent PP26600

UMNAZ 493

Rhododendron plant named ‘UMNAZ 493’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 4, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2034. This patent earned 171 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26600, the photograph of UMNAZ 493 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26600, 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
PP26600
Filed
January 14, 2014
Granted
April 12, 2016
Expires
July 4, 2034
Assignee
UNIV MINNESOTA, HOKANSON STAN C, MCNAMARA STEVE
Inventor
HOKANSON STAN C; MCNAMARA STEVE

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Rhododendron plant named ‘UMNAZ 493’ that is characterized by its floriferous blooming habit and an extended bloom period that begins in late May to early June in Chanhassen, Minn. and lasts for up to 6 weeks, its abundance of fragrant, double flowers that are pink in color, its upright, mounded and densely branched plant habit reaching 2.2 m in height and 1.9 m in spread, and its good cold hardiness with flower buds that are resistant to cold damage and consistently bloom even when exposed to temperatures as low as −30° F.

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 ‘UMNAZ 493’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26600 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.