US Plant Patent PP12400

Cenci

Birch tree named ‘Cenci’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 13, 2019. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12400, the photograph of Cenci printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12400, 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: PP12400
Filed: September 13, 1999
Granted: February 12, 2002
Expires: September 13, 2019
Assignee: EVERGREEN NURSERY
Inventor: PINNEY JR THOMAS S

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Betula papyrifera named ‘Cenci’ characterized by its tight, oval, compact growth habit, slow to moderate growth rate, white, large, shaggy, persisting exfoliating bark when mature and high resistance to the Bronze Birch Borer.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12400 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.