US Plant Patent PP26613
SMNSRD4
Sambucus plant named ‘SMNSRD4’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 27, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 21, 2034. This patent earned 98 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26613
- Filed
- June 21, 2014
- Granted
- April 19, 2016
- Expires
- September 27, 2034
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC, WOOD TIMOTHY D
- Inventor
- WOOD TIMOTHY D
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Sambucus plant named ‘SMNSRD4’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy habit; finely-dissected leaves that are bright yellow green in the spring and/or under full sunlight conditions and yellow green in the late summer and/or under partial shade conditions; leaves that are resistant to sun scalding; and good garden performance.
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 Sambucus plant named ‘SMNSRD4’ as illustrated and described.
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