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US Plant Patent PP26601

UMNAZ 502

Rhododendron plant named ‘UMNAZ 502’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 30, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2034. This patent earned 167 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26601, the photograph of UMNAZ 502 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26601, 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
PP26601
Filed
January 14, 2014
Granted
April 12, 2016
Expires
June 30, 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 502’ that is characterized by its irregularly rounded and compact plant habit reaching 1.4 m in height and width after 15 years of growth, its abundance of flowers that are dark red in color in mid to late May in Minnesota with the red color retained throughout the bloom period without substantial fading prior to abscission, 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., and its good foliar tolerance to powdery mildew and other foliar diseases.

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 502’ as herein illustrated and described.

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