US Plant Patent PP10963
Fargo
Birch tree named `Fargo`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 5, 2017. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP10963
- Filed
- September 5, 1997
- Granted
- June 22, 1999
- Expires
- September 5, 2017
- Assignee
- NDSU RES FOUNDATION
- Inventor
- CHENG ZONG-MING; HERMAN DALE E; SCHNURR JEFFREY P; BOE ARTHUR A
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of birch tree plant named `Fargo`, characterized by its distinctive narrow columnar growth habit, branching angles which average about 40° with the trunk; dark-green leaf color; bark color changes as tree matures; slightly exfoliating bark when mature; leaf retention into very late autumn; winter hardiness; high tolerance to wind; adaption to high-pH soil; above average resistance to the insect leaf miner; and high tolerance to drought and heat.
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 birch tree plant named `Fargo`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10963 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.