US Plant Patent PP31851
SJMTF
Styrax tree named ‘SJMTF’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 7, 2038.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP31851
- Filed
- November 7, 2018
- Granted
- June 9, 2020
- Expires
- November 7, 2038
- Assignee
- SOUTHERN SELECTIONS LLC
- Inventor
- MOON DWAYNE C
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Japanese Snowbell tree named ‘SJMTF’ substantially as herein shown, illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its columnar growth habit; dominant central leader, smaller, darker leaves; and its prolific blooms. These genetic traits are unique to my new variety and can be consistently reproduced by asexual propagation.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Japanese Snowbell tree named ‘SJMTF’ as herein shown, illustrated and described.
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