Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP25503

MonKinn

Tsuga plant named ‘MonKinn’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 4, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 10, 2033. This patent earned 116 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25503, the photograph of MonKinn printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25503, 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
PP25503
Filed
June 10, 2013
Granted
May 5, 2015
Expires
October 4, 2033
Inventor
KINNEY RON DAMIEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Tsuga plant named ‘MonKinn’, characterized by its compact, upright to arching and mounding plant habit; vigorous and moderately fast-growing growth habit; freely branching habit, dense and bushy plant form; bright yellow green-colored developing leaves; and tolerance to full sunlight conditions.

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 Tsuga plant named ‘MonKinn’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25503 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.