Nursery or breeding house
FRANK SCHMIDT & SON CO J
17 US plant patents, granted between 1986 and 2015.
Filed under the FRANK name. Related entities are listed separately on the FRANK search, because a company and a person are not the same filer even when the name matches.
Still under patent — 9 cultivars
Soonest to come off patent first. You may not propagate these for sale until the date shown.
- JFS-KW1PP20996Japanese Zelkova tree named ‘JFS-KW1’UNDER PATENTOctober 23, 2028
- JFS-KW202PP21838Maple tree named ‘JFS-KW202’UNDER PATENTAugust 9, 2029
- JFS-KW8PP22034Sugar maple tree named ‘JFS-KW8’UNDER PATENTApril 2, 2030
- JFS-KW3PP22815Bur oak tree named ‘JFS-KW3’UNDER PATENTAugust 8, 2030
- JFS-KW1CBPP22814European hornbeam tree named ‘JFS-KW1CB’UNDER PATENTFebruary 4, 2031
- JFS-Caddo2PP23361Sugar maple tree named ‘JFS-Caddo2’UNDER PATENTApril 7, 2031
- JFS-KW12PP23632Swamp white oak tree named ‘JFS-KW12’UNDER PATENTDecember 15, 2031
- JFS-KW2QXPP24442Hybrid oak tree named ‘JFS-KW2QX’UNDER PATENTNovember 23, 2032
- JFS-KW78PP25301Red maple tree named ‘JFS-KW78’UNDER PATENTSeptember 5, 2033
Already in the public domain — 8 cultivars
Most recently freed first. Anyone may propagate and sell these plants — though the name it is sold under may still be a live trademark.
- HalkaPP10589Linden tree `Halka`PUBLIC DOMAINJanuary 10, 2017
- Barrett ColePP10590Sugar maple `Barrett Cole`PUBLIC DOMAINJanuary 10, 2017
- ClydesformPP10676Sweet gum `Clydesform`PUBLIC DOMAINJanuary 10, 2017
- CrimschmidtPP9103Oak tree `Crimschmidt`PUBLIC DOMAINMay 2, 2014
- JohnsonPP9136Dwarf ash tree JohnsonPUBLIC DOMAINMarch 28, 2014
- Purple PrincePP8478Flowering crab apple tree `Purple Prince`PUBLIC DOMAINMarch 27, 2012
- Birch treePP6192PUBLIC DOMAINMay 31, 2005
- Zelkova treePP5687PUBLIC DOMAINJuly 9, 2004