US Plant Patent PP11391
NXSXF
Black tupelo named `NXSXF`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 6, 2018. 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
- PP11391
- Filed
- February 6, 1998
- Granted
- May 23, 2000
- Expires
- February 6, 2018
- Assignee
- TREE INTRODUCTIONS INC
- Inventor
- GLENN MICHAEL M
Abstract
A black tupelo tree named `NXSXF` having an upright, conical growth habit with a dense foliage canopy, a dominant leader with uniformly spaced secondary branches extending upwardly, consistent red fall color, leaf spot resistance, and the capability of being reproduced reliably by budding.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of black tupelo tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its fast growth rate, unique upright, conical growth habit, uniformly spaced ascending branches, and consistent, red fall color.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11391 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.