US Plant Patent PP9924
STW-13
Black walnut tree names STW-13
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
- PP9924
- Filed
- March 18, 1996
- Granted
- June 17, 1997
- Expires
- March 18, 2016
- Assignee
- SHEPPARD CHARLES
- Inventor
- JONES JAMES E
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of American black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) that is of medium size and has a good level of inherit resistance to anthracnose and other foliar diseases. The tree is a very heavy nut producer with a fairly consistent bearing habit.
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 above.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9924 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.