US Plant Patent PP9906
HPC-148
Black walnut tree named HPC-148
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 18, 2016. 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
- PP9906
- Filed
- March 18, 1996
- Granted
- June 3, 1997
- Expires
- March 18, 2016
- Assignee
- HAMMONS PRODUCTS
- Inventor
- JONES JAMES E
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of American black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) That is large compared to other black walnut trees, is strong and resistant to ice and wind damage, appears resistant to many foliar diseases and is an excellent nut producer.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of black walnut tree herein described and illustrated and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9906 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.