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US Plant Patent PP17358

Beineke 14

Black walnut tree named ‘Beineke 14’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 9, 2024. 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 1 of US plant patent PP17358, the photograph of Beineke 14 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17358, 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
PP17358
Filed
July 9, 2004
Granted
January 16, 2007
Expires
July 9, 2024
Assignee
AMERICAN FORESTRY TECHNOLOGIES
Inventor
BEINEKE WALTER F

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of black walnut tree ( Juglans nigra L.) which is distinctly characterized by extremely rapid growth rate, and excellent central stem tendency, thereby producing good timber qualities. This new variety of black walnut trees was discovered by the applicant near South Raub, Tippecanoe County, Ind. in a black walnut planting from previously selected trees for outstanding timber production potential. This selection has been designated as BW511, a seedling progeny of unpatented BW95 in records maintained by the applicant on the performance of this selection, and grafts made from the selection and will be known henceforth as ‘Beineke 14’.

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 black walnut tree named ‘Beineke 14’ substantially as illustrated and described, which has excellent timber quality, extremely rapid growth rate, and excellent central stem tendency.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17358 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.