US Plant Patent PP15768

Varen

Betula papyrifera named ‘Varen’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 25, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 26, 2023. This patent earned 58 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15768
Filed: February 26, 2003
Granted: May 17, 2005
Expires: April 25, 2023
Assignee: NDSU RES FOUNDATION
Inventor: HERMAN DALE E; CHAPUT LARRY J; CHENG ZONG-MING; DAI WENHAO

Abstract

‘Varen’ is a new cultivar of Betula papyrifera birch tree. This new cultivar has exceptional clear white bark and dark green leaves.

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

1. A new and distinct Betula papyrifera birch tree as shown and described herein.

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