US Plant Patent PP7203
Majestic
Amelanchier laevis "Majestic"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 30, 2008. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP7203
- Filed
- December 30, 1988
- Granted
- March 27, 1990
- Expires
- December 30, 2008
Abstract
An Amelanchier laevis tree having exceptionally vigorous growth, reaching twice the height of prior known Amelanchier laevis trees during the same growth period, the growth being tall and narrow, blooms exhibiting long, drooping racemes with many white flowers, new foliage of dark, reddish orange color becoming thick and dark green, as they mature, with resistance to hot, humid weather.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Amelanchier leavis tree, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its vigorous, narrow, tall, growth habit, such growth being usually twice as rapid as other Amelanchier laevis trees, its long, drooping racemes with blooms of abundant white flowers, colorful new foliage of dark reddish orange color, becoming thick, dark green leaves as the leaves mature, which leaves are retained undamaged in hot, humid weather when defoliation of other nearby Amelanchier laevis trees takes place.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7203 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.