US Plant Patent PP28248
JFS-KW14
Cherry tree named ‘JFS-KW14’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 24, 2036.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 16, 2035. This patent earned 99 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP28248
- Filed
- December 16, 2015
- Granted
- August 8, 2017
- Expires
- March 24, 2036
- Assignee
- J FRANK SCHMIDT & SON CO
- Inventor
- WARREN KEITH S
Abstract
A variety of ornamental cherry that combines a strongly upright branch habit, a narrow form, bright pink double flowers, and an early flowering date.
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 ornamental cherry tree, substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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