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US Plant Patent PP12806

Teardrop

Austrian pine tree named ‘Teardrop’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 28, 2020. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12806, the photograph of Teardrop printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12806, 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
PP12806
Filed
August 28, 2000
Granted
July 30, 2002
Expires
August 28, 2020
Assignee
SERENDIPITY NURSERY INC
Inventor
OLIVEIRA NE WILHELMSEN; SATHER DAVID

Abstract

A distinctly attractive pine tree in the Pinus nigra Family (common name known as Austrian Pine) with a dwarf, narrow, conic to columnar appearance, having dense branching, which forms a tall, slow growing, narrow specimen that can be planted at high density for effect and landscaping.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Pinus nirga of the ‘Teardrop’ variety, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by slow growth and by its strongly ascending whorled branches, forming acute angles with the trunk.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12806 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.