US Plant Patent PP16129

Madison

Chinese dogwood named ‘Madison’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 24, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2023. This patent earned 160 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16129, the photograph of Madison printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16129, 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: PP16129
Filed: June 17, 2003
Granted: November 29, 2005
Expires: November 24, 2023
Assignee: BROTZMAN S NURSERY INC
Inventor: BROTZMAN TIMOTHY C

Abstract

A Chinese dogwood plant named Madison, a shrubby tree distinguished by the gold and red colors on the leaves in the summer.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A Chinese dogwood plant named Madison, as described and illustrated, a shrubby tree distinguished by the appearance of gold (primary) and red (secondary) coloration on the leaves produced in summer.

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