US Plant Patent PP15105

Summer Cascade

Betula plant named ‘Summer Cascade’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 8, 2022. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP15105
Filed: July 8, 2002
Granted: August 24, 2004
Expires: July 8, 2022
Assignee: SHILOH NURSERY
Inventor: ALLEN JOHN D; ALLEN DANIEL A

Abstract

A new cultivar of Betula plant named ‘Summer Cascade’, that is characterized by flexible new shoot growth and pendulous branches. In combination these traits set ‘Summer Cascade’ apart from all other existing varieties of Betula known to the inventor.

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 cultivar of Betula plant named ‘Summer Cascade’ as described and illustrated herein.

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