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US Plant Patent PP35180

RutThu5

Thuja plant named ‘RutThu5’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 30, 2042.

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 PP35180, the photograph of RutThu5 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35180, 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
PP35180
Filed
June 30, 2022
Granted
May 23, 2023
Expires
June 30, 2042
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA
Inventor
RUTER JOHN M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Thuja plant named ‘RutThu5’, characterized by its nice, columnar form, dark green foliage that does not have chartreuse tips like Thuja occidentalis ‘Emerald Green’. ‘RutThu5’ can be grown with one cutting per pot compared to the industry standard of three cuttings per pot, and has similar growth rate in containers and field as three-cutting plants of ‘Emerald Green’. The new ‘RutThu5’ has demonstrated cold hardiness to about −34° F. in trials conducted in Minnesota.

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 the Thuja plant named ‘RutThu5’ as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35180 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.