US Plant Patent PP36708
CFNI
Thuja plant named ‘CFNI’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 13, 2044.
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
- PP36708
- Filed
- November 13, 2024
- Granted
- May 27, 2025
- Expires
- November 13, 2044
- Assignee
- HARRELL PAUL R
- Inventor
- HARRELL PAUL R
Abstract
A new cultivar of Thuja named ‘CFNI’ that is characterized by its vigorous growth habit as a young plant with the growth rate decreasing after 3 to 5 years, its full and dense foliage with little or no shearing, its strong central leader, its vertically oriented foliage sprays, and its dwarf to semi-dwarf plant habit.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Thuja plant named ‘CFNI’ as herein illustrated and described.
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