US Plant Patent PP16362

Shiloh Splash

Betula plant named ‘Shiloh Splash’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 15, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 10, 2024. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16362, the photograph of Shiloh Splash printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16362, 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: PP16362
Filed: August 10, 2004
Granted: March 21, 2006
Expires: October 15, 2024
Assignee: ALLEN JOHN D
Inventor: ALLEN JOHN D

Abstract

‘Shiloh Splash’ is a distinctive variety of Betula nigra , which is characterized by its combination of distinct variegated foliage and slow growth rate as compared with other cultivars of Betula nigra .

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Betula nigra plant named ‘Shiloh Splash’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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