Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP28959

JN Upright Select

Syringa plant named ‘JN Upright Select’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 24, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28959, the photograph of JN Upright Select printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28959, 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
PP28959
Filed
October 24, 2016
Granted
February 13, 2018
Expires
October 24, 2036
Assignee
JN PLANT SELECTIONS LLC
Inventor
YANNY MICHAEL D

Abstract

A new cultivar of Syringa patula plant named ‘JN Upright Select’ that is characterized by its upright plant habit, its large, fragrant inflorescences that are light violet in color, its good rooting habit as it readily roots from softwood stem cuttings, its good cold hardiness with hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. 3b even as young plants, its fall foliage that is reddish purple and yellow in center in most seasons in southern Wisconsin, and its good production characteristics, and its moderate resistance to root rot and good resistance to powdery mildew.

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 Syringa plant named ‘JN Upright Select’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28959 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.