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US Plant Patent PP27169

KMN01

Aspen tree named ‘KMN01’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 11, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 10, 2034. This patent earned 154 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27169, the photograph of KMN01 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27169, 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
PP27169
Filed
June 10, 2014
Granted
September 20, 2016
Expires
November 11, 2034
Assignee
MERRIFIELD KEVIN EARL
Inventor
MERRIFIELD KEVIN EARL

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of quaking or trembling aspen named ‘KMN01’ that is characterized by orange to red leaf coloration in the fall-season, an upright branching habit, and disease resistance to Venturia leaf and shoot blight. Additionally the new variety is seedless, its spring new growth is bronze to red in coloration, and it has bright white bark.

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 Populus tremuloides having the characteristics substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27169 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.