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US Plant Patent PP35633

Wards Blue Waves

Colorado blue spruce tree named ‘Wards Blue Waves’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 2, 2043.

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 PP35633, the photograph of Wards Blue Waves printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35633, 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
PP35633
Filed
June 2, 2023
Granted
February 6, 2024
Expires
June 2, 2043
Inventor
NELSON RANDALL S

Abstract

A new cultivar of Colorado blue spruce tree named ‘Wards Blue Waves’ characterized by its foliage that is silvery blue in appearance in color year around, its foliage with a very glaucous surface, its branch apexes that curve upwards, its dense and compact plant habit, its conical shape, and its short plant height; reaches 6 m after 20 years when grown in Oregon.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Colorado Blue Spruce tree named ‘Wards Blue Waves’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35633 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.