US Plant Patent PP10771
Staltouch
Cornus alba Elegantissima named `Staltouch`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 26, 2017. 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
- PP10771
- Filed
- September 26, 1997
- Granted
- February 2, 1999
- Expires
- September 26, 2017
- Inventor
- STALLARD DON E
Abstract
This invention comprises a new and distinct variegated dogwood. It is a selected sport that occurred naturally from a group planting of Cornus alba `Argenteo-marginata` (C.a. `Elegantissima`) at my nursery five years ago. I have successfully propagated this sport asexually by cuttings. The small compact growth habit is what characterizes and makes this new selection distinctive.
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 cultivar of dogwood (Cornus alba `Argenteo-marginata`) plant designated `Staltouch`, as herein shown as described, characterized by its unique compact growth habit, spreading appearance, and fine dense branching.
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