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US Plant Patent PP33840

Leprechaun

Thuja plant named ‘Leprechaun’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 16, 2041.

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 PP33840, the photograph of Leprechaun printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33840, 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
PP33840
Filed
February 16, 2021
Granted
January 11, 2022
Expires
February 16, 2041
Inventor
KOGUT FRANK J

Abstract

A new cultivar of Thuja plant named ‘Leprechaun’ that is characterized by its slow growing and compact plant habit, its foliage that is soft in texture and dark green in color, its very good cold hardiness without winter foliage bronzing (withstood −20° F.), and its small mature plant size; reaching an average of 2.74 m in height and 1.52 m in width.

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 Thuja plant named ‘Leprechaun’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33840 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.