US Plant Patent PP31119
SMNSHSO
Syringa plant named ‘SMNSHSO’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 15, 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
- PP31119
- Filed
- November 15, 2018
- Granted
- November 26, 2019
- Expires
- November 15, 2038
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC, WOOD TIMOTHY D
- Inventor
- WOOD TIMOTHY D
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Syringa plant named ‘SMNSHSO’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; large inflorescences with fragrant light violet-colored flowers; 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 Syringa plant named ‘SMNSHSO’ as illustrated and described.
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