US Patent Issued to WISYS TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, Regents of the University of Minnesota on Dec. 30 for "Corylus plant named 'StapN7-6'" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. PP37,182, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to WISYS TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC. (Madison, Wis.) and Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Corylus plant named 'StapN7-6'" was invented by Lois Caroline Braun (Falcon Heights, Minn.) and Jason Allen Fischbach (Ashland, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a new and distinct variety of Corylus plant named 'StapN7-6' that is characterized by its yield of up to nine nuts per cluster (average 4.1/cluster) on terminal stems that are primarily visible outside of the plant's foliage, its relatively medium plant stature and highly suckering and sprawling form, its mid-to ...